Nearly 90% of the world’s Christians celebrated the most important holiday in their faith last Sunday, but for those in the ...

The quiet of a Sunday morning in Lyndora was broken by the ringing of bells and chanting of “Christ has risen” as the ...

The tradition of the "Flying Priest" from the island of Chios, which occurs on Holy Saturday, has now spread throughout Greece and Cyprus.

Greek Easter is full of unique traditions, celebrations and customs, followed faithfully throughout the millennia across ...

While most Canadians have packed away their Easter decorations, Ukrainian, Greek and other Orthodox communities in the ...

On Holy Saturday, before the Easter night service, it is a tradition to visit churches to worship the shroud, an icon ...

Holy Saturday, known in Bulgaria as Lazarus Saturday’s continuation of the Easter cycle, is a quiet but deeply symbolic day in the Orthodox Christian calendar, marking the period between the ...

The decision by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to embrace the “Icon of the Exodus” during commemorations in Messolonghi ...

From ancient customs and Holy Saturday rituals to the Resurrection table, how Greeks move from mourning to celebration ...

Holy Thursday marks one of the most significant days in Holy Week, as Christians reflect on the final moments before the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The period is traditionally associated with ...

An acclaimed female iconographer, whose work adorns more than 80 churches in the U.S., is being remembered for bringing ...