The festival kickstarts the year for the church but also serves as a way to reach more people in the community. It’s an event ...

In Turkey, Christians gathered at the Greek Orthodox Church in Mersin for the Easter Sunday service. Worshippers were seen performing a candlelight vigil and lining up to sing holy songs as they ...

Holding unlit candles, they pack into the sprawling 12th century basilica built on the site where, according to tradition, Jesus was crucified and buried. In near-total darkness, the Greek ...

Around 12:20 p.m., a clergy member from the Greek Patriarchate was scheduled to bring a closed lantern into the Holy Sepulchre. At 12:30 p.m., the Greek Orthodox clergy began ... we are proud of – ...

In a screenshot from a family video, you can see the Greek Orthodox Easter tradition of tapping hardboiled eggs together to find the "winner", the last one to break. Courtesy of Sofatzis family ...

WASHINGTON — In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest branches of Christianity. During ...

Each year, the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem leads the Holy Fire ceremony ... but the ceremony’s potency remains undiminished, broadcast globally to Orthodox faithful. The Holy Fire is swiftly ...

Orthodox Easter, often observed on a different date than Western Easter due to the Julian calendar, is a cornerstone of cultural and religious life for Greek Australians, marked by church services, ...

Greek Easter is full of ancient traditions and customs, followed faithfully throughout the millennia, making the feast a colorful one after the Lenten mourning for the Passion of Christ. Many of the ...

As Orthodox Easter approaches, Bulgaria is set to celebrate with a rich tapestry of ancient traditions that reflect its cultural heritage. The holiday, which holds significant religious importance for ...

Preparations for Orthodox Easter are underway at the Bachkovo Monastery in southern Bulgaria, the second largest and one of the oldest in the country. Easter is the most important holiday in the ...