As the clocks strike midnight, we Russian-speaking Israelis raise glasses of champagne and bite on a cracker smeared with ...

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

The tradition of putting up an evergreen tree, or "yolka," to celebrate New Year's dates to the beginning of the former ...

Vladimir Putin has been accused by Kyiv of launching a series of “inhuman” strikes towards Ukraine’s energy grid on Christmas ...

Watch this heartwarming footage of how a grandmother's Christmas tradition is kept alive even after her death. Candice ...

Russia launched aerial attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector “on a massive scale” overnight into Wednesday, local authorities ...

Prior to 2023, most Ukrainians celebrated Christmas on January 7 under ... a way of further distancing the country from the traditions of the Russian Orthodox Church – and bringing it in line ...

Seated not far from them was Juan Pablo, who was taking a break from skating. Christmas, to Pablo, means fostering a spirit ...

Asked for their thoughts about a potential ceasefire in 2025, Ukrainian soldiers said they’d welcome a reprieve but were ...

Pilgrims lined up to walk through the great Holy Door at the entrance of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome as Christmas marks the ...

BRITAIN’S remotest community will finally celebrate Christmas tomorrow. And islanders will also see in the New Year nearly two weeks after the rest of the country – because Foula still ...