In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The ... Before midnight, the lights of the churches are put out in symbolism of the darkness that Christ had ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin attended an Orthodox Easter service on April 20 at Moscows ...

Catholic Easter and Orthodox Easter are celebrated on the same day this year, and preparations are in full swing. The symbol of these two religious holidays is egg dyeing. In Tuzla, both Catholics and ...

What follows is the egg tapping on Easter Sunday, in religious terms symbolic of new life and representative of the tomb cracking open when Christ was resurrected. An Orthodox nun arranges fresh ...

the holiday represents the defining episode in the formation of the Christian faith and is packed with motifs and symbolism, such as the idea of redemption and rebirth. Orthodox Easter is ...

Easter, a Christian festival celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection, intertwines religious significance with traditions like ...

and its decorated variations are globally recognized as a symbol of the most special day in the Christian calendar—Easter, the event that sealed the promise for eternal life. But among... As Easter is ...

This weekend, Christians of all denominations are celebrating Easter. Orthodox Christians in Germany are grateful for that, and long for more. Millions of Orthodox Christians currently live in ...

MINSK, 20 April (BelTA) – During a visit to a church in Tolochin, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko remarked that it is symbolic that this year Catholic and Orthodox Easters fall on ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same date in 2025 as they also hope to one day see greater unity among all ...

Western churches adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the older Julian one.