Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local emergencies issued weather warnings. Local media showed people bathing ...

Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

During the Orthodox Christmas celebration held by Patriarch ... fighters in the Ukrainian war will be decorated with military crosses blessed by Kirill himself – and engraved on the chains ...

The victorious participant receives the cross, and others who dove with him ... as Three Kings Day in Western Christianity. However, Orthodox Christian churches may celebrate on different dates ...

Panagiotis Boznos and St. Athanasius Romanian Orthodox Church led by the Rev. Daniel Pop once again offered a short ceremony that included tossing a cross into the Fox River and then retrieving it ...

The totemlike illuminated towers, patterned with intricate motifs of Ethiopian Orthodox crosses stenciled and laser-cut out of mirror acrylic, are influenced by Ethiopian architecture, including ...