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

Wesley Hill’s small volume about Easter is a beautiful and useful invitation to be shocked anew by the central event of our faith.

During the growing season, Long Island boasts around 40 farmers markets. This winter, that number dwindles to five, and all ...

Our collection of Easter lunch recipes is designed to be light yet substantial, featuring spring’s freshest ingredients and a ...

1214 This sacrament is called Baptism , after the central rite by which it is carried out: to baptize (Greek baptizein ... this moment or at the Easter Vigil). The Church asks God that through ...

Greek Easter is the most important religious and cultural celebration ... There are many Easter traditions in Greece. Some of them are related to church services. There are several liturgies ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church bells. Fireworks ...

During the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night the priest or deacon carries the candle in procession into the dark church ... first letters and last of the Greek alphabet, (Alpha and Omega ...

A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox patriarch of ... Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims celebrate Easter atop the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In a long dispute ...

The various churches’ representatives included His Paternity Francisco Patton, Custodian of the Holy Land; Archbishop Hosam ...