The commemorative events for the 84th anniversary of the Battle of Crete have been unveiled with numerous initiatives ...

Pope Francis, Vatican, funeral, St. Peter’s Basilica, Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Christos Anesti, Greek hymn, resurrection ...

the Orthodox Christian archbishop of Athens and head of the Greek Orthodox Church, and made a night-time visit to the Parthenon. “History makes its weight felt, and here, today, I feel the need ...

The Epitaphio (the symbolic funeral bier of Christ) during a Good Friday at Greek Orthodox Church of St. Athanasios at Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, April, 2015 Source: AAP Similarities greater than ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

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On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher ... In near-total darkness, the Greek patriarch enters the Holy Edicule and emerges ...

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine ... (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Greek Catholic believers and foreigners who live in Greece attend the ...

estimated by Greek Reporter. The reason lies in the Orthodox Church’s continued use of the Julian calendar and Metonic cycle, while Western Christians follow the Gregorian calendar, which was ...

This year’s annual Holy Fire ceremony, which precedes Orthodox ... altar of the Church — before continuing to the Armenian Side Altar. At 11:00 a.m., the tomb was ceremonially sealed. Around 12:20 p.m ...

From the city of Yekaterinburg in Russia, Lovskiy’s wife, three children, and six grandchildren are all Russian Orthodox. His youngest son is a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. “ ...

Some Church Leaders Want That to Change ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches ... of a Catholic community on the Greek island of Syros, took his first ...