What Is Greek Orthodox Easter? Greek Orthodox Easter is the conclusion of Greek Orthodox's "Great Lent," a strict 40-day period of fasting. Great Lent ends on Lazarus Saturday, which is when Orthodox ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — While many have already celebrated Easter and Passover, those in the Orthodox community have not. Their lesser-known holiday, Orthodox Easter, is Sunday, May 5th. You may know it ...

Eastern Orthodox Easter will be celebrated on May 5th this year. Easter is called Pascha in the Orthodox Church. Pascha is the Greek word for Passover. The celebration is the Holy Resurrection of Our ...

The Orthodox Christian ceremony, which is attended by Catholics and other Christians, as well, has been held continuously since at least 1106. The "Holy Fire" is passed from inside Christ's tomb to ...

Great and Holy Pascha (Easter) is celebrated by Eastern Orthodox Chrisitans (officially known as the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as Greek Orthodox), and this year it falls on ...

The religious holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and is observed as the holiest day by both Orthodox Christians and non-orthodox Christians. In Orthodox Christianity, Easter will ...

Although most Christians in the world celebrated Easter last Sunday, more than 200 million Eastern Orthodox worldwide will celebrate Easter a week later, on April 28. For Greek Orthodox and Russian ...

Plymouth — As parishioners in their Easter Sunday best held white candles and chanted at the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church, the priest spoke in his sermon about the power and ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Orthodox Easter celebrations around the world looked starkly different than in years past, particularly in ...