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BRISTOL, Va. — Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoppin’ down the bunny trail… Whoa, whoa, whoa … stop the record. Easter was more than a month ago. Right? Well, yes. And no. For the vast ...
On May 3, Orthodox Christians in Bethel celebrated their most important religious holiday: Easter, or Pascha. It’s the first major holiday the congregation has gathered together for in nearly a ...
In 1968 five families settled in Nikolaevsk on the Kenai Peninsula. They belonged to a religious group known as the Old Believers—a sect that split from the Russian Orthodox Church in 1666 in ...
Orthodox Christian worshipers from Serbia hold crosses as they walk along Via Dolorosa during the Holy Week Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City, April 29, 2016. Reuters/Ammar Awad From ...
Last weekend we celebrated Easter and Passover. Now Pascha is upon us. The Rev. Gregory-Francis Des Marais of St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church in Albany spoke with Robert Brill and shared ...
Fifty days of fasting and worship culminate in the most holy day of the year for Northeast Pennsylvania’s Orthodox Christians today: Pascha, or Easter on a different calendar. Pascha translat… ...
POTTSTOWN — The holiest days on the Orthodox Christian Church calendar will be celebrated this year with Easter Sunday on May 5. Orthodox Christians typically say “Pascha” when referring to ...
Orthodox Christians around the world celebrated the Easter or the Holy Pascha. The Orthodox believe Pascha to be the most ancient and important celebration of Christianity, with the services similar ...
Know the traditions and spiritual significance of Pascha, the Orthodox Christian celebration of Easter. Learn its unique date calculation, Holy Week, and resurrection joy.
For the 600 families who attend Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Lancaster, Easter is referred to as Pascha — Passover — a holy day whose deep significance is not limited ...