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During the service, well over a hundred worshippers waited ... Bishop Grigorije of the Serbs expressed a similar sentiment. Whenever Easter dates coincide between the Orthodox Church and the majority ...

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, ...

At a Holy Week service Monday in Athens ... churches slowly unfolds, common Easter celebrations are already a practical reality in a few places. The Orthodox Church in Finland switched dates ...

On top of that, Eastern Orthodox faiths require that Easter always ... There’s a vigil service and then at about five minutes to midnight, we dim all the lights in the church.

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

President Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin joined other worshippers for an Easter service led by the head of Russia's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, a faithful backer of the ...