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 ...

This Sunday marks the celebration of Palm Sunday for many Christian denominations. A religious holiday that dates back to celebrations held in Jerusalem in the 4th century, Palm Sunday is the ...

For Christians, Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the days before Easter commemorating events in the last days of Jesus Christ’s life. The Scriptures say that on Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into ...

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter ... cloth and march it through the streets in a great procession that ends ...

Christians have celebrated Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week. This photo gallery was curated by AP photo editor Patrick ...

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

This Sunday holds a special significance across the Christian world, including Greece, as believers celebrate Palm Sunday ...

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 ...

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 ...

And the full moon that occurs just on or after March 21 is known as the Paschal full moon ... with nine instances apiece. Eastern Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar, which can place ...