One spring, a few years before I converted to Eastern Orthodoxy, my wife and I vacationed ... our airplane companion was filled with such eager anticipation. The Paschal Feast is the Orthodox Church’s ...

Typically, the Catholic and Protestant churches dominant in the U.S. mark Easter days or even months ahead of Eastern Orthodox Christians, whose Easter is also known as Pascha. This year ...

It is worth pointing out that if Eastern Christians mention the death of the ... is risen" and he responds "indeed He is risen" for the fifty days after Pascha. Every practicing Orthodox child knows ...

Orthodox Easter is associated primarily with the "Eastern" world ... the full moon of Spring is known as the "Paschal Full Moon," which comes from the Aramaic word for "Passover".

Greek Easter is the same day as Orthodox Easter, but the individual celebrations vary by specific churches, locations and cultures. Most honor the holiday with church services called Paschal ...

Paschal derives from "pascha," the Greek ... The least common dates are March 22 and 24, tied with nine instances apiece. Eastern Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar, which can place ...

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.

Eastern Orthodox churches — such as the Greek and ... The focus of Easter is baptism. Nikas • The Paschal (Easter) Resurrection Service begins Saturday at 11 p.m. There’s a vigil service ...