For one, Eastern Orthodox churches usually hold a Paschal ... intricate designs using a wax-resist method. Romanian Easter eggs are hollowed-out and decorated in a variety of colors and patterns ...

The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic observances overlap only every three to four years thanks to different church calendars — and different lunar cycle calculations.

Dyeing eggs for Easter is a tradition with roots in ancient ... dyed to mark the end of the fasting period. In the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic traditions, according to The Root, eggs are ...

Orthodox Easter is associated primarily with the "Eastern" world ... meat by-products, poultry, eggs, and dairy products for the entire Lent period. The period of fasting is aimed at encouraging ...

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

Blase Cardinal Cupich reminded the faithful to keep fresh in their minds Christ's Resurrection as they go through their ...

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter ... the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the older ...

The Easter cake and painted eggs will be brought to churches on Saturday for a special blessing by the priest. While Eastern Orthodox and Western (as Roman Catholicism was known) Christianity ...