That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

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The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

However, Armenians in Jerusalem will celebrate Christmas from ... said that “about 250 people are sheltering in the Greek Orthodox church in Gaza, and say they’re too afraid to do anything ...

For us Kiev is what Jerusalem is for many ... According to the primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Constantinople Patriarchate’s decision to lift the anathemas against some ...

The Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar for its ... During the service, the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem was welcomed by the faithful in the city’s Manger Square.

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