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 ...

Easter Sunday always occurs on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon ... be observed between April 4 and May 8 in the Eastern Orthodox Church, which follows the Julian calendar.

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, the most important religious feast of the ... and he is led to his death at the end of the day. The procession of the Epitaphios on Good Friday. Credit ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews were once exempt from military service — but now they are being drafted. One of those new draftees, Yechiel Wais, was excited, hoping the military would help him ...