“The Julian calendar ... About 75 people gathered inside the church, filled with prayer, singing and performing traditional Ukrainian Orthodox Christmas Eve Mass. “When we celebrate this ...

Ukrainians have largely moved away from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC ... with a majority now following a Kyiv-led Church that adheres to a different calendar. But some still celebrate ...

Autocephaly debate In October 1990, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church received the status of a self-governing church within the Russian Orthodox Church. In November 1991, Filaret, who was then heading ...

However, the calendar overestimated the solar year ... frequent — the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC). The UOC has historically sided with the Russian Orthodox ...

The holidays are not over yet: Christmas for the Eastern Orthodox Church is next Tuesday, and for the Ukrainian community here in the Valley, it is both a time to celebrate and pray for peace.