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, ...

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 ...

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

The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former ...

Pope Francis appealed for a cease-fire in Gaza, as he called for a global cessation of violence and peace in the Middle East, ...

Christmas revellers around the world donned red and white Santa hats, offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on ...

The Christmas holiday isn’t just about giving gifts to those we love — it’s also about getting into the spirit, which many ...