In general, fast days for Orthodox Christians are all Wednesdays ... Icons of the Mother of God such as the Kazan and Vladimir Icons, of course, wine and oil are allowed (except during Great Lent), ...

On the Fifth Saturday of Great Lent, the Saturday of the Akathist ... and its use has spread from Constantinople to other Orthodox lands. The icon before which the Akathist was sung was given to the ...

What does a great empire do when ... on the first Sunday in Lent, the Orthodox Church throughout the world celebrates the event shown in our icon, the Triumph of Orthodoxy. Here, as in so much ...

MOSCOW, February 23. /TASS/. Orthodox Christians in Russia and other countries around the world begin observing Great Lent on Monday, February 23, in preparation for Easter, the most sacred and ...

As many as 18% of respondents intend to observe the Great Lenten Fast (13% in both 2019 ... The majority of Russians surveyed (66%) identify as Orthodox Christians, according to a new poll ...