More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.
Getty Images At the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, led celebrations. The leader of some 110 million believers, Kirill has ...
The Very Rev. Protopresbyter Robert Buczak, Christ the Saviour Cathedral pastor, holds the chalice during a procession at the ...
Orthodox Christians around the world have been celebrating Christmas by attending church services. While the majority of the Christian world celebrate Christmas Day on 25 December, for many of the ...
Sergei Krasnoukhov / TASS / Getty Images Russia is home to the world's biggest Orthodox community. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via Reuters Russian President Vladimir Putin lights a candle at ...