The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic observances overlap only every three to four years thanks to different church ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea unified Christian doctrine ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

The idea of a common Easter has been discussed since the 1960s, with interest peaking when celebrations coincide, as they ...

Easter will be celebrated the same day for Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox members alike. Father Kostandin Tuda of Holy ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Eastern Orthodox Christians, leads the Easter Sunday ...

In the battered southern city of Kherson, where Russian drone strikes and artillery target civilians daily, residents cling ...

In celebration of Easter Sunday, the television host ... The trio played a Greek Orthodox game called Tsougrisma, a tradition observed in Greek culture where players crack red eggs at Easter ...

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Orthodox Easter is observed across diverse communities in Australia, whose celebrations combine religious elements with family activities. *This feature was originally produced in 2021 with ...

As dialogue between the churches slowly unfolds, common Easter celebrations are already a practical reality in a few places. The Orthodox Church in Finland switched dates in the 1920s to align ...