The ceremony began at 10:15 a.m. Jerusalem time, which matches Kyiv time. The procession, led by the Armenian Orthodox ...

The official ceremony began at 14:15, after the sealing of the Holy Sepulchre was broken. The Patriarch of Jerusalem, ...

Orthodox Christians filled a Jerusalem Church to celebrate the Holy Light ceremony, before it is transported to Greece to ...

On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the dark and cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a ...

In Jerusalem, an annual miracle took place — in On Great Saturday on the eve of Easter in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world's Eastern Orthodox Christians, arrived to lead the ...

The current ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I, has balanced the growing power of Moscow, but the question ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

Christians in the Holy Land not only have the right but also the duty to celebrate Easter despite all the difficulties and ...

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

The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, primus inter pares in the Eastern Orthodox Church, was awarded the ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew awarded 2025 Templeton Prize for spiritual contributions; Blue Dream Gala postponed to 2026.