For most people who celebrate Christmas, the holiday is already well behind us, but not for the Macedonian Orthodox community of the Illawarra.

Archimandrite Gavril speaks to SBS Macedonian about the essence of one of the most significant days of the Macedonian Orthodox religious calendar and folk tradition. It is important for believers ...

Children singing religious songs during a Christmas Eve service at the St. Kliment Central Orthodox Church in Skopje, North Macedonia. A Coptic Orthodox clergy member walks past worshippers as he ...

Moreover, Orthodox Christians place much significance on Christmas songs or canons ... the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine still use the Julian Calendar. Armenians have claimed an ...

Thousands of pro-European demonstrators have gathered in front of the Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, to celebrate Orthodox Christmas, turning the holiday into a symbol of unity and political ...