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Romans celebrated Saturnalia — a lively winter festival honoring the god Saturn. Marked by feasting, gift-giving, and role ...

Frieda Vizel left her ultra-orthodox lifestyle in a crisis of faith at 25 but instead of cutting ties she became a tour guide ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...

For Christmas, the church was adorned with colorful lights, poinsettia plants and candles. Most who attended the service are Unangax̂ — people indigenous to the Aleutian Islands.

The 92-year-old retired garment worker had been expecting the troupe of white-robed men from St. Michael the Archangel Orthodox Church, who visit parishioners on Jan. 6, Christmas Eve to Orthodox ...

Everleigh Mogish, left, looks behind her father James Mogish during an Orthodox Christmas Eve service at St. Michael Orthodox Church in St. Clair, Pa., Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

Traditions vary, but typically the main worship service for Orthodox Christians takes place the night before Christmas, which is Jan. 7.

Many Ukrainian Orthodox Christians in Manitoba, including the Kowalchuk family, celebrated Christmas Eve — and its traditional 12-dish vegetarian meal — on Saturday for the last time in January.

Churches in the Greek and Antiochian traditions, along with the Orthodox Church in America, observed Christmas on Dec. 25. Some churches in the Slavic tradition, including Serbian and smaller ...