Know the traditions and spiritual significance of Pascha, the Orthodox Christian celebration of Easter. Learn its unique date calculation, Holy Week, and resurrection joy.

POTTSTOWN — The holiest days on the Orthodox Christian Church calendar will be celebrated this year with Easter Sunday on May 5. Orthodox Christians typically say “Pascha” when referring to ...

Eastern Orthodox Easter will be celebrated on May 5th this year. Easter is called Pascha in the Orthodox Church. Pascha is the Greek word for Passover.

The Paschal greeting is no less meaningful or theologically loaded in its own tradition. ... invite voices from Orthodox and Eastern Catholic communities to share what this greeting really means, ...

For one, Eastern Orthodox churches usually hold a Paschal Vigil on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter, which ends just ...

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 ...

Correction: A previous version of this article mentioned the 2023 date for the Eastern Orthodox Easter instead of the current’s year. The date has been updated. Easter, a Christian holiday that ...

Honoring traditions dating back to the Council of Nicea in 395 A.D., Orthodox Christians around the world observed Holy Pascha, the feast of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on Sunday with music ...