Many Orthodox Christians eat foods this week that they don’t eat during any other time of year, such as whole lamb roasted on ...

Orthodox Christians gathered Thursday outside the Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem to attend the traditional “Washing of ...

The difference in date comes from two calendars systems. The Eastern Orthodox Church follows the Julian calendar created by ...

Eastern Orthodox Easter will be celebrated on May 5th this year. Easter is called Pascha in the Orthodox Church. Pascha is ...

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

While many Christians celebrated Easter March 31, those of the Eastern Orthodox rite who adhere to the Julian calendar will keep the observance May 5. The faithful will observe Holy Week, during which ...

Greek Orthodox Easter is the most important religious feast of the year, with customs and traditions that run for many ...

The Orthodox Church (OCU) and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) celebrates Easter on May 5 — that is, at the same ...

Palm Sunday marks the last Sunday before Easter, and signals the beginning of Holy Week, an important period of prayer and ...

This year the main celebrant will be His Eminence Archbishop Mark, the leading cleric of the Diocese of Philadelphia and ...

Close observers of Eastern Orthodox Christianity were not surprised when the recent World Russian People’s Council bluntly ...

Orthodox Easter four-day weekend is set to see mainly rainy weather, with thunderstorms in places and average maximum ...