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Putin has proclaimed unilateral pauses in fighting in the past with little impact, including a 36-hour proposed truce for Orthodox Christmas in January 2023, which Kyiv rejected.

In January 2023, Mr Putin had ordered his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas. Mr Zelensky had stopped short of stating his forces would reject ...

In January 2023, Putin had ordered his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had stopped short of stating ...

Previous attempts at holding ceasefires for Easter in April 2022 and Orthodox Christmas in January 2023 were not implemented after both sides failed to agree on them. Ukraine last month agreed to ...

In January 2023, Mr Putin had ordered his forces in Ukraine to observe a unilateral, 36-hour cease-fire for Orthodox Christmas. Mr Zelensky had stopped short of stating his forces would reject ...

In the Orthodox Christian tradition, Christmas doesn’t happen on December 25. The Orthodox Church’s religious celebrations are based on the Julian calendar, which means the festivities go down on or ...

(photo: FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP via Getty Images ... for civil purposes, the Orthodox continued to follow the Julian calendar for religious feasts. Hence, Orthodox Christmas and Easter come ...

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has formally charged 14 high-ranking metropolitans and archbishops of the Russian Orthodox Church for their involvement in the illegal seizure of Ukrainian ...

While much of the world has Christmas in the rearview mirror by now, people in some Eastern Orthodox traditions will celebrate the holy day on Sunday. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including ...

As the countdown to Christmas in Liverpool begins we'll be bringing you everything you need to enjoy the festive season and the fun ways you can celebrate in our city. With updates on what's ...

Hundreds of mourners, worshippers and church leaders gathered at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to mourn the death of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church fourth patriarch ...