Many of us will be celebrating Easter on March 31st this year and are already shopping for Easter basket stuffers and gifts. The same isn’t true for folks who follow the Orthodox calendar, however. In ...

What Is Greek Orthodox Easter? Greek Orthodox Easter is the conclusion of Greek Orthodox's "Great Lent," a strict 40-day period of fasting. Great Lent ends on Lazarus Saturday, which is when Orthodox ...

For many Christians, Easter was celebrated this year on March 31. But for Eastern Orthodox Christians, the celebration of Jesus Christ's Resurrection occurs more than a month later, on May 5. Most ...

The Easter Bunny is a much celebrated character in American Easter celebrations. On Easter Sunday, children look for hidden special treats, often chocolate Easter eggs, that the Easter Bunny might ...

Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same date in 2025 as they also hope to one day see greater unity among all ...

Nothing is more quintessentially Greek than a large, loud function with too much food. And, in my big Greek family, any celebration that doesn’t end with everyone sweating from Greek dancing or a lamb ...