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 ...

In Greece, Pentecost is one of the “Great Christian Feasts” of the year, being second in importance only to Pascha (Good Friday). It is celebrated with much fanfare ... and the Christian faith ...

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 ...

On the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha, Orthodox Christians celebrate the life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. This feast of feasts is the most significant day in the life of ...

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 ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, the most important religious feast of the year, started on March 3, 2025, when Greece celebrated “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean Monday.” The date ...

My fraternal greetings and prayers to you, to His Eminence, Metropolitan Alexios, the clergy and lay faithful of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Atlanta as you celebrate the Solemn Feast of Pascha.

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly ... There are also fireworks displays on the way home. On ...

To mark Pascha, the municipality has introduced evocative displays of the Crucifixion and Resurrection at the “Xenia” recreation area, creating a reverent and mystical ambiance for visitors and ...

For some, the day is doubly meaningful: A handful of faithful throughout the region will celebrate their first Pascha as Orthodox Christians, while 150 individuals within the Catholic Diocese of ...