This same service is also sung on the Apodosis of Easter. Meanwhile, during the period between the end of Renewal Week and the Apodosis, the regular service is sung except that instead of Holy God we ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Sunday marks the celebration of Greek Orthodox Easter! The religious holiday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ and is observed as the holiest day by both ...

Pascha (pronounced PAHS-kuh), the Orthodox churches’ term for Easter, comes this year more than a month after Catholics and Protestants celebrated this most important Christian feast day.

Christ, risen from the dead, cracks the fortress of death ... 2002), pp. 147-152. Wybrew, Hugh. Orthodox Lent, Holy Week and Easter: Liturgical Texts with Commentary (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's ...

On Saturday evening, Orthodox Christians will begin ... readings and hymns sung carry the joyful message of Christ is Risen. On the eve of Easter, it is customary for the faithful to consecrate ...

In the Orthodox and Catholic Churches, Easter is referred to as Pascha ... on the church door as a symbol of the removal of the stone from the tomb of the risen Christ. The congregation and clergy ...

The Romanian community has been preparing for Orthodox Easter in Jersey. Orthodox Christians in Europe, Africa and the Middle East celebrate Easter later than most in the western world.

The Orthodox church celebrates the resurrection of Christ on a different date ... thank you and happy Easter, Jesus is risen." ...