The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

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 ...

In Poland, the resurrection mass and procession are celebrated in the morning ... of “the new creation”’, as Pope John Paul II expressed it in his letter Dies Domini. In the Orthodox and Catholic ...