Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

In Serbia's Orthodox Christian community, the feast of the Epiphany is marked by the traditional "swim for the Holy Cross." ...

As Syria begins recovering from 50 years of autocratic rule by the Assad family, an international envoy says Christians and ...

Braving the icy waters, participants across Serbia embraced tradition in the annual Swim for the Holy Cross, marking a major ...

An Orthodox Christian man remains unapologetic after claiming to have repeatedly destroyed the demonic statute that satanists erected outside the New Hampshire State House in Concord last month ...

The victorious participant receives the cross, and others who dove with ... it is also observed as Three Kings Day in Western Christianity. However, Orthodox Christian churches may celebrate ...

Townsville’s rockpool was the site of a holy celebration across the weekend, with members of the Greek christian community coming out to mark the day of Jesus’ baptism. He was the lucky swimmer who ...

In Orthodox Christian communities, the holiday is marked by blessing of the waters ceremonies, during which swimmers compete to retrieve a cross thrown by a priest into the water. The tradition is ...

Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, according to the Julian calendar Patriarch Kirill, an enthusiastic backer of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, blessed icons and crosses ...

The Orthodox Christian community in Reading has held ... During the ritual, a wooden cross was dangled into the river to signify the baptism of Jesus Christ by St John the Baptist.