JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A few steps from Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a small opening leads to an underground cistern where clerics have found the perfect place to practise chants ahead of ...

JERUSALEM, April 23 (Reuters) - A few steps from Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a small opening leads to an underground cistern where clerics have found the perfect place to practise chants ...

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 ...

Father Timotheus Soliman, of St. John the Baptist Coptic Orthodox Church, in Miramar. Orthodox Christians around the world, including members of the Coptic, Russian and Greek Orthodox churches, will ...

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a united celebration in 2025, for the first time in eight years. Father John Basarab, pastor of Epiphany of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church, celebrates ...

Along the front lines amid the war with Russia, in the capital, Kyiv, and in nearby countries where people have sought refuge, Ukrainians celebrated Orthodox Easter on April 24. 1 Ukrainian soldiers ...

In a beautiful church with stunning religious artwork, approximately 35 people gathered at the Protection of the Virgin Mary Orthodox Church in Merrillville to celebrate Holy Thursday. As they entered ...

The rituals leading up to Easter are the same. The solemn Good Friday processions. The Holy Saturday blessings of foods that were avoided during Lent. The liturgies accompanied by processions, bells ...

Do you think Easter has already passed this year? Not quite. For about 300 million Eastern Orthodox Christians around the globe, Easter is actually today, April 15th. From Jerusalem to Athens, ...

KYIV, Ukraine — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine's east and claimed its troops took control of a village they had been targeting.

Many Ukrainian families in Chicago and around the world celebrating Orthodox Easter this Sunday, in keeping with their faith, were praying this year that suffering would give rise to joy in their ...