Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the second week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

Novak Djokovic attended the Christmas liturgy at St. Nicholas Church in Brunswick, Melbourne, on January 7, where he joined ...

The Serbian superstar will be trying to win his 25th grand slam title and 11th Australian Open crown when the year's first ...

One of the most important shifts in history was the spread of Christianity by the Greeks from the Byzantine Empire into Eastern Europe.

While the snow, which descended on the region Sunday night, was picturesque, it also forced at least one local church, Holy ...

"In here we have one leader, Jesus Christ, nobody else," he said. Church member Raisa agreed the focus was on worship. "We're ...

Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, ...

Children break traditional Christmas bread to mark the Orthodox Christmas Day festivities in the Bosnian town of Banja Luka, ...

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

"During the Christmas season we clearly feel with all our heart how important for us are parental, family traditions that are being handed down from generation to generation," Vladimir Putin said ...

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 ...

Young men plunged into rivers and lakes across the Balkan country, which is primarily Orthodox, to retrieve crucifixes tossed ...