The love for tradition kept the Eastern Orthodox Church from adopting the Gregorian calendar though it was based on reason ...

The Christmas festivities of the Ukrainian community in Naples will conclude with a day where faith, culture, and community ...

Education institutions received directives prohibiting any mention of Saint Nicholas. The ban encompasses traditional ...

Artisans of intricate papier-mâché decorations grapple with a sharp decline in business, Danish Showkat and Mehendi Mehraj ...

Some 200,000 Jewish refugees came to Germany after the fall of the USSR, and brought cultural traditions — like partying hard during Christmas.

In addition to the ban on images of St. Nicholas, the Russian occupiers in the temporarily occupied territories have ...

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

More than a billion people are set to tune in to watch the Times Square ball drop tonight. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Countries in the South Pacific Ocean are the first to ring in the New Year, with midnight in New Zealand striking 18 hours ...

St. Paul's Cathedral in London set a historical record: for the first time in 900 years, girls took part in the Christmas ...

But one seasonal tradition there is still going strong. One of the national TV channels broadcasts the movie "Home Alone." Since the 1990s, families in Ukraine have gathered between Christmas and New ...

Father Vasyl Diychuk, 41, shows the spot near the river where his village used to build an ice town on Epiphany, celebrated ...