Hence, Orthodox currently use April 3 as their date for the spring equinox and Orthodox Pascha can fall several weeks after the Catholic Easter date. Additionally, Orthodox insist that Pascha ...

Easter, or Pascha in Greek, is one of the most significant ... The Epitaphios, a flower-bedecked bier representing Christ’s coffin, is adorned with flowers and paraded through villages.

Typically, the Catholic and Protestant churches dominant in the U.S. mark Easter days or even months ahead of Eastern Orthodox Christians, whose Easter is also known as Pascha. This year ...

This is considered the most important and joyous festival – the "Feast of Feasts" – in the Eastern Orthodox Church. While sharing the core belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ ...

Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America praised President Donald Trump and compared him to Constantine the Great. Elpidophoros spoke next to the president at the White ...

WASHINGTON — The Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) is thrilled to announce the release of the new edition of Orthodoxy Now, an online magazine publication dedicated to exploring and celebrating ...

A group of American rabbis, all identifying as Orthodox, published a letter of support for Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday. The organizers described the move as a “rabbi rebellion ...

(RNS) — Almost half of US Orthodox churches remained open during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to only 12% of all religious congregations. (RNS) — Most American churches navigated the ...

On May 5, Gehring said every Orthodox church in the world is celebrating Pascha, otherwise known as Orthodox Easter. This was preceded by five weeks of lent and one week called “Holy Week.” ...

In the week before Easter, referred to as 'Holy Week' or 'Pascha,' Orthodox Christians are transcended through the milestones leading up to Jesus' resurrection. Here's what Orthodox Easter ...

Fireworks explode over the Venetian port after the procession of "Epitaphios", the bier that carries the body of Jesus Christ to his grave, in Nafpaktos town, western Greece, on Good Friday ...

The procession of “Epitaphios,” symbolizing the bier that carried the body of Jesus to his grave, took place across Greece on Friday, which was Good Friday in the Orthodox Christian calendar.