Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th.But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th.For parishioners at the Serbian Orthodox Ch ...
More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.
While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the world's 200 million Orthodox Christians ... St George's Church. In Serbia's capital Belgrade ...
By 1923, there was a 13-day difference between the two calendars, putting the Orthodox Christmas 13 days after ... houses with wheat sheaves and the Serbian churches burn an oak branch or a ...
TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the ...
For much of the Western world, Christmas is celebrated ... of Jesus Christ on a different day. Indeed, for several countries in Europe, including Ukraine, Serbia, Montenegro, Russia, Belarus ...
The Serbian superstar will be trying to win his 25th grand slam title and 11th Australian Open crown when the year's first grand slam gets underway in Melbourne on Sunday.
some might think it is a Christmas Eve service but that’s not the case because Serbian Orthodox churches mark the arrival of Christmas Day upon nightfall, a reminder that God created the world from ...