As Easter is approaching, the demand for lamb is rising, driven by this year's simultaneous celebration of Orthodox and ...

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in an island monastery carved into a ...

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...

While Epiphany marks the end of the Christmas season in many Christian traditions, it is also observed as Three Kings Day in Western Christianity. However, Orthodox Christian churches may ...

the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem, Athos monasteries and some Protestants and Catholics of the Eastern Rite also celebrate Christmas on January 7 or December 25 according to the Julian calendar.

January 7 is also Christmas day for Orthodox Christians in Serbia, Jerusalem, Georgia, and the monastic community of Mount Athos in Greece, one of Orthodox Christianity’s holiest sites.

Fact checked by Karen CilliGrowing up Greek American, the question, "when is Orthodox Easter this year?" always popped up ...

Because some Orthodox church jurisdictions follow the “old calendar,” or Julian Calendar, which honors Christmas in January, and some the “new calendar,” which slates it for Dec. 25 ...