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Orthodox Christmas: Why it's celebrated by some believers 13 days after Dec. 25
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoWhile much of the world has Christmas in the rearview mirror by now, people in some Eastern Orthodox...
Zelensky: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to attend Switzerland peace summit
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoEcumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the archbishop of Constantinople and the most senior hierarch of...
Orthodox Church of Ukraine slams 'Russian world' theology | Terry Mattingly
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 month agoClose observers of Eastern Orthodox Christianity were not surprised when the recent World Russian...
Israel’s army exemptions for the ultra-Orthodox are part of a bigger challenge: The Jewish state is...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIsraeli police scuffle with ultra-Orthodox Jews as they block a main road in Jerusalem during an...
Scrutiny of Ukraine church draws praise, fear of overreach
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter its searches of holy sites belonging to Ukraine’s historic Orthodox church, the nation’s...
Bulgarians pay their last respects to the late Orthodox patriarch
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNeophyte, who became patriarch in 2013, was the first head of the Bulgarian church to be chosen...
Some Ukrainians move up Christmas to part ways with Russia
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUkrainians usually celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, as do the Russians. Yes, this has to do with the...
Bulgarians line the streets of the capital to bid farewell to Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte
Associated Press via AOL· 2 months agoThe spiritual leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Christians died on Wednesday at the age of 78 after a...
Ethiopia: religious tension is getting worse – 5 factors driving groups apart
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoReligion is highly present in Ethiopia. It’s visible in churches and mosques, in clothing, and in public rituals. The country’s main religious communities are Orthodox Christians, Muslims and ...
Why does the date of Easter change every year?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoColorful Easter eggs on the grass at sunrise Why does Easter change every year, when dates like Christmas are fixed? The early church grappled with how...