Easter is nearly here, but if you celebrate Orthodox Easter, there's still a little over a week to wait. Many Christians throughout Michigan are marking the end of Lent and preparing to celebrate ...

The vast majority of the Christian world celebrates Easter next weekend, but not all of Europe celebrates it on the same date. While for Roman Catholics and Protestants, Easter Sunday is on 5 April, ...

Nearly 90% of the world’s Christians celebrated the most important holiday in their faith last Sunday, but for those in the Eastern Orthodox tradition — including about 20,000 in the Baltimore area — ...

The last time Catholics and Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter (also known as Pascha by the Orthodox) on the same Sunday was 2017, as different calendars usually preclude shared celebrations. This ...

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate ...

The Christian calendar — like many religions — uses a lunar calendar for some events. Rather than pretending that the supposed events of Easter occurred on an actual date, as with Christmas and many ...

MOSCOW, April 20. /TASS/. Orthodox Christians all around the globe are celebrating Easter, their main holiday, on Sunday. This year Orthodox Easter coincides with the holy day for Catholics. The date ...

Today is Orthodox Easter Sunday. In Ukraine, most of the population is celebrating the holiday. And as NPR's Joanna Kakissis tells us, families are sharing a fluffy bread called paska made this year ...