The Nativity of John the Baptist is one of the most significant holidays of the Orthodox calendar. It is dedicated to the ...

Much of the post-holiday blues that occur in the United States may have something to do with the way Americans celebrate Christmas. The Orthodox Nativity fast May be the remedy many people need. When ...

The main traditions of the holiday. On January 7, the bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ according to the Julian calendar is celebrated by believers of the Orthodox rite in a number of churches, ...

Orthodox Archbishop Lazar Puhalo is four days away from completing his annual 40-day Nativity fast. He refrains from meat, eggs, dairy products, anger, envy and other questionable habits during this ...

will be eating on white linen tablecloths spread over straw sprinkled on the tables during their celebration of the Feast of the Nativity, which Eastern Christians celebrate this weekend. To remember ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. For forty days before Christmas, Orthodox Christians observe a gradually increasing fast in preparation ...

A special exhibit highlighting the Russian Orthodox nativity opened Saturday at the Museum of Russian Icons, 203 Union St. Laura Garrity-Arquitt, the curator of the exhibit, said seven significant ...

“Christ is born; glorify Him! Christ comes from heaven; meet ye Him!” Orthodox hymns of the Nativity service were sung in Church Slavonic at the church in Hakodate, founded by the Russian Consulate ...