Despite this, New Year’s celebrations had largely remained free from overt political messaging until recently, according to Yashina. But as Russian ... while they drew Christmas trees.

MOSCOW, January 7. /TASS/. Orthodox Christians in Russia and other countries around the world are celebrating Christmas on January 7, an event which 2017 years ago marked the beginning of the new ...

TASS/. On January 7, Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate one of the most important holidays: the Nativity of Jesus. On January 7, Christmas is celebrated by the Russian, Georgian ...

An curved arrow pointing right. For the first time in over a century, Ukrainians celebrated Christmas on December 25. The move marks an ongoing shift for the country in an attempt to break away ...

It tells about Russia through its numerous state holidays: reasons to celebrate as well as reasons to run away from reality. The 69th Sydney Film Festival takes place between June 08 to 19.

On the eve of the Orthodox Christmas, we talked with the Arch-priest of the St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church in Sydney Fr. Nikita Chemodakov.

with no ties to Russia. When a vote was taken last week, 200 out of 204 people said yes to adopting Dec. 25 as the new day to celebrate Christmas. "This is a big step because never in our history ...