War chaplain Rev. Anatoliy Raychynets has shared how he helped troops on the frontline resisting Russia's invasion celebrate ...

The truce for the Great Victory is a game of roles, with Putin wanting to prolong negotiations and appear victorious. The ...

The Easter Sunday Divine Liturgy on April 20, at St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral rejoiced in Sourp Zadig, marking a major 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 ...

open image in gallery An elderly woman prepares her Easter baskets to be blessed during celebration of the Orthodox Easter in Krasne village, Ukraine, on Sunday (AP) "However, there were no air ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Easter marked a special moment for Christians ...

During an Easter service at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral held on Saturday night, Russian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill referred to the holiday as a “victory day.” “Easter is a victory ...

What Is Greek Orthodox Easter? Greek Orthodox Easter is the conclusion of Greek Orthodox's "Great Lent," a strict 40-day period of fasting. Great Lent ends on Lazarus Saturday, which is when ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended an Orthodox Easter service in Moscow on Saturday night. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, officiated at the service in Moscow's ...

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 ...

For Putin, the Orthodox faith is central to his world view and he always attends services during major church holidays. For Orthodox Russians, Easter is the most important religious holiday.