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In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The ... This is then marched through the streets of the villages or neighbourhoods in the city following an ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

Growing up Greek American, the question, "when is Orthodox Easter this year?" always popped up once the warmer weather rolled around. I always looked forward to the traditions and food that came ...

Greek Easter—red eggs, tsoureki (Greek sweet bread) and a lambada (special candle for the Ressurection mass on Holy Saturday). Credit: manos-hacker-cc-by-sa-4.0/Wikimedia Commons/ Greek Orthodox ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, the most important religious feast of the year, started on March 3, 2025, when Greece celebrated “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean Monday.” The date ...

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 ...

While many Christians around the world celebrate Easter based on the Gregorian calendar, millions follow the older Julian calendar, leading to a distinct celebration known as Orthodox Easter ...

Last year the public holidays were at the end of March, but this year the Easter long weekend is in the middle of April. And it aligns with the Orthodox Easter celebrations for the first time ...