This is followed by Holy Week, which ends on Easter Sunday, otherwise known as Pascha. While Easter falls anywhere between March 22 and April 25, Orthodox Easter often occurs a week later ...

Holy Wednesday is when Orthodox Christians ... from the previous year’s Palm Sunday celebrations. During some church services, the ashes are used to mark a cross on a worshippers' foreheads.

Video. Preparations for Orthodox Easter are underway at the Bachkovo Monastery in southern Bulgaria, the second largest and one of the oldest in the country.

Holy Week 2025 ... When will life on Earth end? The Orthodox Jews provoked his capture, torture and finally his execution on the cross on the Friday before Easter. He was then buried and rose ...

Christians around the world will celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on the same Sunday this year, a day of alignment that church leaders, including the pope, have celebrated as a blessing.