But they use different calendars for identifying the first day of the season. The Orthodox Church utilizes the Julian calendar, which was established by Julius Caesar and still in use in the Roman ...

Many Orthodox Christian churches, including those in Jerusalem, Egypt, Greece, Russia, Serbia and Ukraine, use the Julian calendar, which is based on the time it takes the Earth to go around the ...

Since Western Christianity uses the Gregorian calendar, Easter typically falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, according to the History Channel. In Eastern Orthodox Christianity ...

This year, Orthodox Easter will be observed on the same day as the Western one: Sunday, 20 April. The shared date is relatively rare as the churches use different calendars. Orthodox Easter is ...

This year, Catholics, Protestants and Orthodox Christians will mark Easter on the same day, Sunday, April 20. The shared date is relatively rare due to the different calendars used by Western and ...