Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, ...

Orthodox Christians gathered in Bethlehem to mark Christmas eve on Monday; unlike other branches of Christianity, the Orthodox Church marks Christmas on 7th January. The service took place in the ...

Patriarch Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, center, arrives at the Church of the Nativity, where ...

Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem arrives in Bethlehem for Eastern Christmas The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, ...

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew invited more than 50 lonely Greeks from Istanbul to celebrate Christmas together with ...

"We are praying in silence this year — and we want to send a message to the whole world," explains Issa Musleh, a priest at the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Bethlehem. "We deeply condemn what ...

Sarah Latifa had feared that her Christian community in Syria may struggle to celebrate its first Christmas since opposition forces toppled longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad earlier this month.

In his first sermon in Damascus since Assad's fall, John X, the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Antioch, expressed his hope that a new constitution would be drawn up with the participation of "all ...

The Parish of St. Elijah the Zealot Church - Sahnaya issued a statement announcing the cancellation of Christmas celeberations. Per the directives of the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, John X, ...