Ms Pepper follows the traditions of the Greek Orthodox Church, while her husband Shane ... of the Cross on Good Friday to commemorate the last day of Jesus Christ's life. For Ms Cavill, the ...

His youngest son is a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church ... can see the Greek Orthodox Easter tradition of tapping hardboiled eggs together to find the "winner", the last one to ...

The Orthodox Church in Finland switched ... a member of a Catholic community on the Greek island of Syros, took his first trip to the Vatican last month. At age 67, he remembers when Easters ...

Eastern Orthodox churches — such as the Greek and Russian branches — use ... Liturgy begins on Holy Thursday when we remember the Last Supper. It continues to Good Friday, when we remember ...

Holy Thursday and the Last Supper is the culmination of the Divine Drama in the Greek Orthodox Church, as it recalls the last day of Jesus Christ on earth. It is the day that Judas Iscariot betrays ...

Now in its fifth season, Part 1 of “The Chosen: Last Supper” — the first two ... know how things were going to end. Raised in a Greek Orthodox family knowing the Gospels, Xanthis said ...

It marks the occasion of the Last Supper of Jesus Christ ... John 13:34. The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahdo Church and Ethiopian Catholic Church have marked the event colorfully in the presence ...

On April 17, Orthodox Christians ... s earthly life. The Church marks four events on this day: the washing of the feet of the Apostles by Christ, the Last Supper and the institution of the Holy ...

But the two churches started using different calendars after Pope Gregory XIII’s adaptation in 1582, when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox ... Greek island ...

On the Thursday ahead of Easter, Orthodox Christians ... Members of the Church believe that the act is also symbolic of selflessness and compassion, commemorating the Last Supper.