On Monday, thousands of Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia came together to ... to break their fast after midnight. This celebration typically follows a church service and culminates in a feast ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christians are celebrating ... a priest in Addis Ababa’s Selassie Church, said the celebration of Christmas is more than just feasting and ...

BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio — For many, Christmas has come and gone. That's not the case in the Orthodox church. What's on the horizon is three days of celebration, education, and tradition.

Tourists joined Ethiopians for Orthodox Christmas celebrations at one of the world's oldest churches on Tuesday. The rock-hewn monolithic church is one of 11 in the town of Lalibela, in the Amhara ...

In Ethiopia, crowds gathered to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ while Egypt’s Coptic Christians also went to church to ... on the eve of the Orthodox Christmas celebrations in St Petersburg ...

Orthodox Christians packed churches Saturday night for Christmas Eve services, a holiday overshadowed for many believers by conflict. Traditions vary, but typically the main worship service for ...

As most of D.C. slept early Sunday morning, incense clouded the massive hall at an Ethiopian cathedral ... to a rhythmic drumbeat in celebration of Orthodox Christmas. According to the Julian ...

(AP) — Orthodox ... why the church leaders had to do this. You cannot show joy when the people of Gaza are suffering.” In Iraq, many Christians canceled Christmas and New Year’s celebrations ...

Orthodox Christians packed churches Saturday night for Christmas Eve services, a holiday overshadowed for many believers by conflict. Traditions vary, but typically the main worship service for ...