Tag: Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve in Serbia : Welcoming the Nativity of the Lord
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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