The "Baptism of Christ" is a well-known ceremony in the Orthodox Church that involves bathing in an ice hole, usually cut into a river. According to local beliefs, this ritualistic bath washes ...

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Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional ...

it celebrates the baptism of Jesus by St. John the Baptist in the River Jordan and in others the visit of the Three Magi to the Baby Jesus. In the Tampa Bay area, the St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox ...

to declare themselves “not of the Orthodox Christian religion,” Papistas explained. Overly eager school officials, he said, would often search for students’ baptism records and use their ...

11. The Holy Feast of Epiphany, or Theophany, or the Feast of Light, is greatly celebrated in the Orthodox world. It commemorates Christ's baptism, his blessing of the Jordan River, and the divine ...

Hundreds of people have gathered in Birmingham to celebrate Timkat, the Ethiopian Epiphany. The colourful festival takes place on 19 January but festivities start on the evening before. It marks the ...

Orthodox Christians in Tampa Bay and around ... In some traditions, it celebrates the baptism of Jesus by St. John the Baptist in the River Jordan and in others the visit of the Three Magi to ...