Know the traditions and spiritual significance of Pascha, the Orthodox Christian celebration of Easter. Learn its unique date ...

Greeks have started leaving the Greek capital for the countryside and the islands, in what is expected to be a mass exodus ...

Orthodox Christians are preparing to celebrate Pascha (Easter) on Sunday, May 8, a month after the rest of the Christian world observed Easter. Like other Christian denominations, this holds ...

For one, Eastern Orthodox churches usually hold a Paschal Vigil on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter, which ends just before midnight. This is often followed by a candlelight procession ...

What should Orthodox Christians think of such things? Here we must distinguish two separate issues in this proposal: firstly, the ecumenical concept of a common Paschal date for all Christians, and ...

The Paschal candle represents Christ ... Vigil on Holy Saturday night the priest or deacon carries the candle in procession into the dark church. A new fire, symbolizing our eternal life in ...

In 2025, all Christians will rejoice on the same Easter Sunday. The last time Catholics and Orthodox Christians celebrated ...

In Poland, the resurrection mass and procession are celebrated in the morning ... Paul II expressed it in his letter Dies Domini. In the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, Easter is referred to as Pascha ...

That moon is called the Paschal or Pink Moon ... especially when you consider the dates are different in Orthodox Christianity. Western Christianity follows the Gregorian calendar, while most ...

Archbishop Tillyrides Makarios [File, Standard] Orthodox Christians are preparing to celebrate Pascha (Easter) on Sunday, May 8, a month after the rest of the Christian world observed Easter.