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Georgians with national flags take part in a religious procession to the Holy Trinity Cathedral to mark Orthodox Christmas in Tbilisi, Georgia, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Millions celebrate Orthodox Christmas on Jan. 7, following ancient traditions

9:58 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday

FILE - Archbishop of Miami Thomas Wenski poses in front of a traveling bronze sculpture titled "Angels Unawares," before blessing it, Feb. 10, 2021, in downtown Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

US Christian leaders minister to an anxious diaspora with Venezuela's future in flux

4:01 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Faith leaders are urging prayers for peace following the U.S. capture of Nicolás Maduro

Pope Leo XIV meets Cardinals and Bishops at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope convenes cardinals and asks their priorities for 2 years, with Latin Mass off the agenda

3:41 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Pope Leo XIV has asked cardinals to advise him on key priorities governing the Catholic Church for the next two years

Israeli police inspect a bus following an incident in which it hit ultra-Orthodox Jewish demonstrators blocking a road during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu tries to calm tensions after Israeli bus runs over and kills ultra-Orthodox teen

1:48 AM on Wednesday, January 7

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urges calm after a bus driver ran over and killed a 14-year-old boy during a protest

This photo provided by the Noquisi Initiative shows the Noquisiyi Mound on Oct. 16, 2020, in Franklin, N.C. (Elaine Eisenbraun/Noquisi Initiative via AP)

A town in North Carolina is returning land to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

2:41 PM on Tuesday, January 6

The Noquisiyi Mound in Franklin, North Carolina, is close to being returned to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Fr. Michael Kouremetis transports the Epiphany Cross into the Saint Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral while participating in the 120th Epiphany celebration on Tuesday, Jan 6, 2026, in Tarpon Springs, Fla. (Jefferee Woo /Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Florida's Greek community gathers for 120th Epiphany celebration and annual dive to retrieve cross

12:11 PM on Tuesday, January 6

Florida’s largest Greek Orthodox community gathered Tuesday for its 120th Epiphany celebration, where dozens of teens dove into chilly water to retrieve a cross in front of thousands of spectators

Youth pilgrims try to catch the cross thrown by an Orthodox priest into the water during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the sea in the southeastern village of Xylophagou, Cyprus, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Photos show celebrations of Epiphany, also known as Three Kings Day

12:01 PM on Tuesday, January 6

FILE - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a map that shows the E1 settlement project during a press conference near the settlement of Maale Adumim, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Aug. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)

Israel clears final hurdle to start settlement construction that would cut the West Bank in two

9:32 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Israel has cleared the final hurdle before starting construction on a controversial settlement project near Jerusalem that would effectively cut the West Bank in two

People attend the Epiphany ceremony as a Greek Orthodox priest, center, throws a cross blessing the waters at Lake Marathon, near Athens, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, where receding water levels reflect successive years of low rainfall across Greece. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greece's Epiphany events marking Christ's baptism highlight concerns about water scarcity

7:14 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Orthodox Christians attended Epiphany ceremonies on Tuesday, highlighting water scarcity concerns in Greece

Protesters shout slogans and burn tires as they block main Street in Birgunj, 130 kilometers (81miles) south of Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Jiyalal Sah)

Curfew imposed in southern Nepal city after mosque vandalism sparks protests

3:34 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Authorities have imposed a curfew on a key border city in southern Nepal after Hindu and Muslim groups began protesting against each other

Pope Leo XIV closes St. Peter's Basilica Holy Door to end the 2025 ordinary Jubilee year, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2025. (Yara Nardi/Pool photo via AP)

Pope Leo XIV closes 2025 Holy Year with critique of consumerism and xenophobia

1:17 AM on Tuesday, January 6

Pope Leo XIV has closed the Vatican’s 2025 Holy Year, denouncing consumerism and anti-foreigner sentiment

Pilgrims and faithful hold a crucifix as they arrive to St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to cross the Holy Door on the last day of its public opening, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Final pilgrims cross Holy Door as Vatican claims Jubilee success with 33 million visitors

6:01 AM on Monday, January 5

The final pilgrims of the 2025 Holy Year have passed through the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica

FILE - Israeli soldiers cross the security fence moving towards the so-called Alpha Line that separates the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights from Syria, in the town of Majdal Shams, Dec. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)

Syrian and Israeli officials set to resume US-mediated talks in Paris

3:39 AM on Monday, January 5

Officials from Syria and Israel are set to resume U.S.-mediated talks in Paris to aim for a security agreement to ease tensions between the two countries

FILE - Eva Schloss, the stepsister of Anne Frank and a Holocaust survivor, attends a news conference in Newport Beach, Calif. Thursday, March 7, 2019 (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)

Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96

2:14 AM on Monday, January 5

Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, has died at 96

Magdi Abu Al-Khair bids farewell to his mother Amal Abu Al-Khair at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Jan. 2, 2026, after she and her grandchild Saud were killed when their tent caught fire overnight at the Yarmouk displacement camp. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Grandmother and grandson burn to death in Gaza tent while cooking; Jolie visits Rafah crossing

5:27 AM on Friday, January 2

A grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson have burned to death in Gaza when their tent caught fire

Attorney General Letitia James, center, arrives for Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's swearing-in ceremony, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, in New York. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Zohran Mamdani officially sworn in on a Quran full of symbolism

7:28 AM on Thursday, January 1

Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is making history not only as the city's first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran but also as the first Muslim, South Asian, and African-born mayor

This photo provided by The New York Public Library shows the Schomburg Quran on Dec. 16, 2025 in New York. (Jonathan Blanc/The New York Public Library via AP)

Zohran Mamdani chose a Quran full of symbolism for his mayoral oath

11:17 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will make history as the city's first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran

Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over the first Vespers and the 'Te Deum' in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope asks that Rome welcome foreigners as he closes out 2025

9:19 AM on Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Pope Leo XIV has closed out 2025 with a prayer that the city of Rome might be a welcoming place for foreigners and fragile people young and old

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