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.

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

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

Belarus has maintained close ties with Russia for decades, with these ties only growing stronger in recent years. Shared ...

In 2024, according to a government decree, December 29-31 (Sunday through Tuesday) will be days off, while December 28 (Saturday) will be a working day ...

Ruth Kinna's examination of Christmas, Kropotkin's connections to the traditions and the potential within it for a radical ...

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