Greece is seeing a boom in Easter tourism as Orthodox and Catholic Easters coincide, with most destinations reporting a ...

Christian Orthodox worshippers gathered at the the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Thursday, to mark the start of the Orthodox ...

Palm Sunday marks the last Sunday before Easter, and signals the beginning of Holy Week, an important period of prayer and ...

Each day of Holy Week is a special event with something specific for each day that makes it unique. It is the culmination of ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

Greek families are facing higher prices for their traditional meals on Orthodox Easter, which falls this year on April 20.

Christians around the world will celebrate on the same day this year, a relative rarity. Pope Francis would like to make it ...

Baked goods for sale include the koulourakia traditional twisted coffee cookie, paximadia Greek biscotti, baklava with layers ...

These graphics explain why Easter Sunday changes each year based on ancient interpretations of the solar and lunar cycles.