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 ...

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 ...

Have you ever wondered why there are two Easters on the calendar? Read on for the meaning of Orthodox Easter and how it's different from Easter.

Why is there such a wide gap between Orthodox Easter and Catholic Easter this year? Here's the answer, along with other unique traditions.

Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change Western churches adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the ...

It has taken place at the same time, in the same manner, and in the same place every single year for centuries. The Holy Fire is the most renowned miracle in the world of Eastern Orthodox ...

This weekend, Orthodox Christians, including many from the Ethiopian community in the D.C. area, are celebrating Fasika, or Easter, marking the end of the 55-day fast called Abiy Tsome, or the ...

How often do Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox Easter coincide? The holidays converge about once every three to four years − they last overlapped in 2014 and 2017 and will line up again in 2028.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on his fellow Ukrainians on Orthodox Easter on Sunday to unite in prayer for each other and the soldiers on the frontline, saying God -- who has a "Ukrainian ...

The Ukrainian government has declared that a branch of the Orthodox Church has failed to sever all ties with Moscow — and ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on his fellow Ukrainians on Orthodox Easter on Sunday to unite in prayer for each other and the soldiers on the front line, saying God \u2014 who has a \ ...