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Thousands of Orthodox Christians braved rain on the banks of the Jordan river on Monday to plunge into plastic tubs filled with its murky...

Greeks have been cracking red eggs at Easter for centuries. The tradition, although it is also a fun game, is steeped in religious symbolism.

A 2,000-year-old ring that was unearthed 50 years ago near Jerusalem may well have been worn by Pontius Pilate the man who was the...

A Greek journalist who had argued that the miracle of the Holy Fire is a scam was acquitted recently by a Greek court following...

Christians in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre celebrated the arrival of the Holy Fire on Saturday. The streets of the Old City are locked...

Greece marked Holy Friday or Good Friday, with spectacular Epitaphios processions throughout the country. A nationwide affair, it recalls the moments leading up to and...

Tsoureki (τσουρέκι in Greek) is the traditional sweet yeast bread Greeks make every year on Holy Thursday, which is then consumed on Easter Sunday. Early...

Holy Friday, or Good Friday, is a profoundly mournful day in Greece which commemorates the Passion of Christ with the traditional Epitaphios processions. A nationwide...

The Hagia Sophia, the timeless architectural marvel of Christianity and the Eastern Roman Empire in Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul, Turkey), is renowned around the world...

Dying eggs red in anticipation of Greek Easter is a beloved tradition. Families across Greece dye their eggs red together on Holy Thursday.