Serbian Orthodox observe Badnje Veče, or Burning of the Yule Log, on Christmas Eve. In the olden days in Serbia, fathers and their eldest son would chop down an oak tree branch or badnjak.

For members of St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church in Merrillville, Saturday was Christmas Day indeed. Within St. Sava’s nave beautifully adorned with the iconic Christian frescos, Rev. Marko Matic ...

The wet weather didn't put a dampener on Saturday's celebrations of Macedonian Christmas. I'm an award-winning senior journalist with the Illawarra Mercury and have well over two decades' worth of ...

Orthodox Christmas Day falls on Jan. 7 every year as they celebrate Christmas based on Julian calendar. ... Ukraine, Serbia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, ...

Many Orthodox Christians annually celebrate Christmas Day on or near January 7 to remember Jesus Christ’s birth, described in the Christian Bible. The discrepancy in dates is all to do with ...

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas. Play. 13:02. Father Vlado Nedeski, priest at the Macedonian Orthodox Church 'Sveta Petka' in Rockdale, ...

More than 200 million Christians around the world are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January as they follow the Julian calendar, unlike those Christian ...

Today, approximately a third of Orthodox Christians worldwide are marking Christmas Eve, as they observe the holiday on January 7, according to the Julian calendar. This includes nations and ...

In around 15 countries in Central and Eastern Europe that follow Eastern Orthodox Christianity, including Belarus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia ...

While many of us in the UK associate Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with December 24 and 25, it's a very different story for Orthodox Christians. The Orthodox Church, sometimes called the Eastern ...