Tag: Orthodox Easter
Israeli Lawmaker Urges Authorities to Settle Church Taxation Row Diplomatically
© REUTERS/ Ammar Awad Sputniknews - 28/2/18 MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Member of Israeli parliament Ksenia Svetlova told Sputnik on Monday that she hoped Israeli authorities would ... Read More
Holy Fire Delivered From Jerusalem to Moscow for Easter Liturgy
© Sputnik/ Kirill Kallinikov Sputniknews - 16/4/17 The Holy Fire from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem has been delivered from Jerusalem to ... Read More
Orthodox Easter 2016 Celebrated in Seychelles
Church of Serbia- May 2016 Christ is Risen, Indeed He is Risen ! Christos Anesti, Alithos Anesti! Христос Васкрсе, Ваистину Васкрсе! This joyous exclamations could ... Read More
Siberian City Celebrates Easter in a Big Way
© Photo: pravyakutia.ru www.sputniknews.com - 2/5/16 Residents of the Russian city of Yakutsk are celebrating Easter by baking what's thought to be the biggest kulich ... Read More
The Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem Celebrates Orthodox Easter
April 2015 From Lazarus Saturday to Bright Monday of the Orthodox Christian Calendar, the Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem fully partook in Easter celebrations ... Read More
Georgian president grants 78 pardons for Easter
Tbilisi, April 14, Interfax - Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has signed a decree pardoning 78 prison inmates on the occasion of Orthodox Easter, chairman of ... Read More
“Holy Fire” to be taken to monasteries in Kosovo
B92 - 15/4/15 BELGRADE -- The Holy Fire, which arrived in Belgrade ahead of Orthodox Easter Sunday from Jerusalem, will on Monday will be taken to ... Read More
Dining with the Dead: Georgian families’ graveyard feasts
13/5/13 In many Western countries graveyards are seen as sinister or even frightening but not so in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia. As with ... Read More
P.A. Slams Israeli Attack On Worshipers Marking Eastern Orthodox Easter
7/5/13 The Palestinian Foreign Ministry issued a statement strongly denouncing the Israeli military and police attacks against Palestinian Christians, diplomats, priests and visitors, celebrating the ... Read More
Bartholomew leads Orthodox Easter celebration on Gokceada
6/5/13 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on Sunday joined the Orthodox celebration of Easter, one of the main holidays in the Christian world, for the first ... Read More
Jerusalem’s dwindling Christians celebrate the Holy Fire on Orthodox Easter
5/5/13 The annual rite at the 1500-year-old Church of the Holy Sepulcher attracted fewer local faithful as Christians across the region are caught up in ... Read More
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Aleppo bishop: Christians pained and worried by the fate of kidnapped prelates
05/03/2013 The fate of Mgrs Yohanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yaziji remains unknown since they were abducted on 22 April, and still presumed to be in ... Read More
Orthodox Easter celebrated Sunday
Jeremy Sellew - 3/5/13 Orthodox Christians around the Mon Valley will be celebrating their holiest of holidays this weekend. Sunday marks the Easter holiday on ... Read More
Easter on May 5? Orthodox Christians celebrate in accordance to Julian calendar
By Jill Clair Gentry / Baldwin People editorpeople@gulfcoastnewspapers.com 1/5/13 Most Christians around the world celebrated Easter March 31 this year, but Orthodox Christians will celebrate ... Read More
Norfolk churches celebrate Orthodox Easter
29/4/13 Orthodox churches in Norwich and Kings Lynn are offering a warm invitation to come and celebrate Easter with them over the weekend of May ... Read More
Orthodox Easter: ‘Christ is risen!’
Rev. Michael Shanbour, Contributing reader 5/4/13 “Christ is risen from the dead, trampling down death by death, and upon those in the tombs bestowing life!” ... Read More
Greek Easter goes on, despite priest shortage
By Charlotte King Australia 16/4/2012 Hundreds of thousands of Greek Australians attended church services over the weekend to mark Orthodox Easter, but a growing shortage ... Read More
Outremont church finds band-aid solution to ban on processions
ctvmontreal.ca 13/4/2012 MONTREAL — An Outremont church has come up with a way to celebrate Orthodox Easter Sunday despite the borough's recent ban on parades ... Read More
Changing Frescos At Macedonia Orthodox Church Mystify Christian Worshippers
10/4/2012 AP Saint Dimitrija: Changing Frescos At Macedonia Orthodox Church Mystify Christian Worshippers SKOPJE, Macedonia -- Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers from across Macedonia are ... Read More
Jerusalem Readies itself for Easter
28/3/2012 Visit Travelujah website for all Holy land tour solutions Christians visiting the Holy Land in the spring sometimes fail to appreciate the link between ... Read More
Orthodox Easter Schedules and Timings in Holy Land – 2012
21/3/2012 For additional information on group Holy Land tour reservations and pilgrimages please contact Travelujah here: Roman Catholic and Anglican Easter Schedules here: Easter 2012 ... Read More