in the Orthodox Church, Easter must take place only after the Jewish festival of Passover, as they believe that Jesus celebrated Passover before his death. While chocolate Easter eggs and hot ...

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

and Greek Orthodox Easter is celebrated by enjoying traditional foods like lamb and attending Friday, Saturday, and Sunday church services. Families dye Easter eggs red to represent the blood of ...

Lovskiy said it is customary to have the food served at Easter blessed, but in the Orthodox Church, only eggs and “kulichi” are blessed — meat cannot be brought into the church — while in ...

In Greece, the sky lit up with fireworks, while worshippers in Jerusalem lit candles at the church where Jesus is said to have been crucified and buried. Christians believe Jesus rose from the dead, ...

What follows is the egg tapping on Easter Sunday, in religious terms symbolic of new life and representative of the tomb cracking open when Christ was resurrected. An Orthodox nun arranges fresh ...

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

By Sunday afternoon, families will be passing traditional meals around the table and cracking hard-boiled eggs painted red, which are synonymous with Greek Orthodox Easter. "We start the feast ...

The trio played a Greek Orthodox game called Tsougrisma, a tradition observed in Greek culture where players crack red eggs at Easter, symbolizing Christ's resurrection, per the American Religious ...

Easter is the most important holiday in the Orthodox calendar and the biggest celebration for Christian Orthodox Bulgarians. In the monastery’s kitchen, 5,050 eggs are being dyed red ...