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

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the country’s ...

Unlike many festivals and celebrations which have a set date (Christmas and Halloween, for example), the date of Easter can ...

But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January ... When you enter the church it is filled with iconography, or painted images. The Christ story is everywhere.

Easter is a Christian holiday celebrated to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ ... between March 21 and April 25. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the holiday can be celebrated between ...

inside the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj) Read full article: Thousands of Albanians pay last respects to Orthodox ...

the episode validates the death and resurrection of Jesus and the meaning it has for Christians. The ending also shows how vital and important it became for Western Civilization, including Catholics, ...

Most Eastern Christians did not adopt the new calendar ... The ecumenical prayer service began with Pope Francis praying before the tomb of St. Paul. He was joined by Orthodox Metropolitan Polykarpos ...

Archbishop Anastasios Υannoulatos was an enlightened prelate and a distinguished academic. In 2000 he was candidate for the ...