POTTSTOWN — The holiest days on the Orthodox Christian Church calendar will be celebrated this year with Easter Sunday on May 5. Orthodox Christians typically say “Pascha” when referring to Easter.
MERRILLVILLE | Winfield resident Nadine Brown will be among the Eastern Orthodox faithful who will gather tonight, Saturday, to celebrate the Pascha, or Easter, service. Brown, who serves as choir ...
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 ...
There won't be any Easter sunrise services this weekend when Arkansas' Orthodox Christians celebrate the Resurrection; the faithful can sleep a couple of hours extra -- with the church's blessing. In ...
While the Easter season ended for some on April 17, Sunday will mark Easter for Orthodox Christians. Easter, a “moveable feast,” does not happen on the same day each year. Western Christianity ...
Russian Orthodox Pascha services and an outdoor procession by the Bucknell Orthodox Christian community and St. John’s Russian Orthodox Church will be held in downtown Lewisburg tonight beginning at ...
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 ...
Fourteen-year-old Stephanie Vandenberg of Gilbert has always felt sorry for other Christians. "You don’t celebrate Easter at the right time," she has told those who wonder why her Easter, or Pascha, ...
“There's a dialogue between the clergy and the choir. So there's that sort of dance,” said Father Michael Trefon, the parish priest. (Sam Elliot/KYUK) On Monday, Orthodox Christians in Bethel ...