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Holy Thursday and the Last Supper is the culmination of the Divine Drama in the Greek Orthodox Church: The last day of Jesus Christ on earth

Observations of the Great and Holy Wednesday by Greek Orthodox Christians during the Great Lent and the different traditional practices.

Greek Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, is the most important religious feast of the year, with customs and traditions that have been part of Christianity for two thousand years. The 40-day period of Lent before Easter (Πάσχα-Pascha), the solemnity of Holy...

The Gospels take center stage on Holy Tuesday in the Orthodox church, as Greeks move closer to the end of Lent and Easter Sunday.

Greek Easter is the most revered time of the year for religious Greeks as they fast for 40 days, go to confession, and attend long liturgies

The first of the seven days leading up to Easter, called Great and Holy Week in the Greek Orthodox Church, is Holy Monday.

A Greek Orthodox monastery, founded more than one thousand years ago is thriving just south of Rome, Italy in the epicenter of Catholicism. 

Palm Sunday marks the last Sunday before Easter, and signals the beginning of Holy Week, an important period of prayer and reflection.

Pope Zachary (Zacharias in Greek and Latin) was the last ethnically Greek pope, serving as the head of the Roman Church. Zachary reigned from 741 to 752 AD during a tumultuous period of change and uncertainty in papal history. Despite...

The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived for millennia.

Kollyva, the boiled wheat-based sweet offered at Greek Orthodox memorial services for the repose of the souls of the dead is a superfood that has its roots in ancient Greece. The ritual food passed from the ancient Greeks to early...

The Greek Orthodox use the calendar devised by Julius Caesar -- the Roman general turned dictator -- versus the calendar tweaked by the Pope.

Jesus Christ was crucified approximately two thousand years ago, in the spring of 33 CE. There is a lot of focus on his burial and tomb in the Bible. The tomb, as has been thought for over a thousand...

The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated to Virgin Mary.

Originally written in Hebrew and Aramaic, the Bible is the most sold book in history, it first translation into another language was in Greek; the Septuagint.