The monk recalls the words of the Russian Saint Seraphim of Sarov ... ‘a wake-up call for the soul,’ says Pope Francis In the Orthodox calendar, fasting days are more frequent than ordinary ...

The Orthodox distinctiveness lies particularly in the preparation period, which includes a fast starting ... known as the “new” calendar, but some, including the Russian Orthodox Church ...

The Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan GrigorijeImage: Miodrag Soric/DW At the end of the 16th century, Pope Gregory XIII (1502-1585) reformed the "Julian calendar ... we aren't fasting when others ...

These are just a few examples of common traditions across Australia’s ethnic groups celebrating Orthodox Easter, which include members of the Russian ... for instance, fasting lasts 55 days ...

The Orthodox ... Fast reminds us of the 40 days Christ fasted in the desert at the beginning of his public ministry, Father Basarab said. His eparchy (diocese) began using the Gregorian calendar ...

But the Russian Orthodox Church, the largest communion in Eastern Orthodoxy, has kept to the old calendar, observing Christmas on January ... Those who follow the Orthodox Church fast for 40 days ...

As everyone is busy chasing resolutions for the new year, Christians in Russia are getting into the Christmas spirit — they are waiting to break their 40-day fast with a giant feast joined by ...

Orthodox Christmas is celebrated ... pressured to adopt the Gregorian calendar by the Bolsheviks, who abandoned the Julian calendar shortly after the Russian Revolution began.

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, this week defended a new Ukrainian law that aims to limit the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church in the ...

The leader of Russia's Orthodox Church has suspended the priest who led a memorial service for Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Church head Patriarch Kirill is a close ally of Russian President ...

According to the Julian calendar, used by Ethiopians, Russian and some Eastern Orthodox, the birth of Jesus ... was time for the feast to end a 45-day fast from animal products.