Orthodox Easter occurs anywhere from mid-April to early May ... On Palm Sunday, leafy palm and olive branches are brought to the churches by the people, who then carry them around the church while ...
6, 2025. (AP Photo) Christian Orthodox believers, who follow the Julian calendar and celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, burn dried oak branches, the Yule log symbol for the Orthodox Christmas Eve, in ...
The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the Western world despised Russia and its "alternative path of civilised ...