Tag: Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve in Serbia : Welcoming the Nativity of the Lord

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 7, 2019

Church of Serbia - 7/1/19 His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch officiated the Holy Hierarchal Liturgy in the Cathedral church of Saint Michael the Archangel in ... Read More

Holy Qurobo on Christmas Eve – Damascus 2016

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 25, 2016

Syriac Orthodox Patriarchate - 25/12/16 His Holiness Patriarch Mor Ignatius Aphrem II presided over the Holy Qurobo on the occasion of Christmas Eve at St. ... Read More

Xmas in Syria: Festive Spirit in Damascus Despite Ongoing War

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- December 28, 2015

Revelers celebrate Christmas in Damascus, Syria. Despite the unstable situation in the country, the Christmas festivities in Damascus are in full swing. Many of the ... Read More

HOLY UNCTION AT THE JERUSALEM PATRIARCHATE

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 8, 2015

On the afternoon of Monday, the 23rd of December 2014/5th of January 2015, the day before Christmas Eve, the Sacrament of the Holy Unction was ... Read More

Christmas Eve in Serbia

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- January 7, 2015

7/1/14 In the evening of Christmas Eve a log cut from a tree, the Yule log (badnjak), is placed on the fire. This young tree, ... Read More

Bulgarian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas Eve

OCP- December 25, 2013

25/12/13 The Bulgarian Orthodox Church marks one of the biggest holidays – the Christmas Eve on Tuesday. Christmas Eve is the day before Christmas Day, ... Read More

Estonian Orthodox Church Marks Christmas as Holiday Celebrations Wind Down

OCP- January 7, 2013

7/1/13 Tallinn's Alexander Nevsky Cathedral held its first-ever nighttime service on Christmas Eve, celebrated on January 6 in accordance with the Julian Calendar. Meanwhile, Tallinners ... Read More

Orthodox believers celebrate Epiphany

OCP- January 6, 2013

Giorgos Ypsilantis, holds up the wooden cross after being the first to retrieve it, during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern ... Read More

The Copts and Christmas

OCP- December 29, 2012

By Michael Adel -29/12/12 Amidst Egypt's political turmoil and the recent approval of the country's draft constitution, millions of Christians across Egypt are preparing to ... Read More

Tadic sends message of peace to all citizens in Kosovo-Metohija

OCP- January 9, 2012

Tanjug 8/1/2012 "Serbs, Albanians and representatives of the international community alike, we need to understand what is our existence and what is our role, which ... Read More

Dozens of Copts protest Pope’s Christmas Eve invitation to Salafis

OCP- December 30, 2011

30/12/2011 Dozens of Coptic youth staged a protest inside Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral on Friday against Pope Shenouda's invitation to Salafis and the Muslim ... Read More

When Christmas Doesn’t Fall on Dec. 25

OCP- December 26, 2011

By ELIZABETH DIAS | @elizabethjdias 25/12/2011 Here’s one Christmas surprise you didn’t expect: Christmas is actually on January 7. At least it is for some ... Read More

US tells Egypt to bring Christmas Eve killers to Justice

OCP- September 21, 2010

By Aaron J Leichman, Christian Post 19/9/2010 The US Commission on International Religious Freedom has called on Egypt’s government to resume the trial of three ... Read More