Most Orthodox Churches adopted what is known as the “new” calendar, but some, including the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), retained the old Julian calendar, resulting in a 13-day difference.

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

A grandmother said she has been "blown away" after viewing previously unseen footage from her wedding almost 60 years ago, found by a film student in an antiques shop. Beryl Davies, 79, and her ...

The Russian Defense Ministry said that it launched a strike on “critically important facilities of gas and energy infrastructure that ensure the functioning of Ukraine’s military industrial ...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian forces launched more than 40 missiles during the morning attack and used more than 70 drones overnight. Ukrainian air defences shot down ...

The Russian army is strengthening its positions in villages around the key eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk in an attempt to encircle it and lay siege to a vital transport hub linking embattled ...

Ukraine has implemented power cuts as a Russian air barrage targeted critical energy infrastructure. Ukraine’s national grid operator Ukrenergo introduced emergency power cuts in six regions on ...

By Michael Schwirtz Poland’s prime minister appeared on Wednesday to confirm the conclusions of Western intelligence officials who had warned of a Russian plot to blow up cargo aircraft over ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday ...