President Putin marked Christmas with a message emphasizing faith, family, and the role of the Church in Russia, attending ...

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

Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russia, follow the ancient Julien calendar, which runs 13 days later ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the congregation for an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Monday evening.

Russian police are investigating a social media user who shared a video showing him recklessly riding on a Christmas tree ...

Christmas is celebrated by the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalemite, Polish and Serbian Orthodox churches, the Athos monasteries in Greece, as well as the Eastern Catholic Church and the Old Believers ...

Vilnius, Lithuania, the country’s capital, was named European Christmas Capital 2025 by the Christmas Cities Network. This ...

A zoo is asking people to drop off their old Christmas trees so they can be used as "enrichment" for the animals. Noah's Ark Zoo Farm in north Somerset has accepted about 15,000 trees over the past ...

In Derbyshire, Erewash Borough Council is urging people to leave their Christmas trees at two drop-off zones to be recycled.

TASS has prepared this factbox with background information on the history of Russia’s traditional New Year’s celebration ...