Easter

The Greek Orthodox Church is blessed with rich, colorful and symbolic Easter traditions that Greeks have followed for centuries.

Greek Orthodox Easter, or Pascaha, 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...

Catholic and Protestant Christians across Greece celebrate Easter on Sunday, April 4.

This year, Catholic and Greek-Orthodox Christians -- who use different liturgical calendars -- celebrate Easter almost one month apart.

Tsiknopempti is going to look a lot different this year due to Greece's strict anti-virus measures and national lockdown.

For the first time ever in history, the Greek Orthodox faithful will celebrate the Resurrection of Christ on a Tuesday, instead of the traditional Saturday midnight liturgy earlier in the Spring. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the traditional Pascha celebration...

As the citizens of Greece and most other nations across the globe continue to be stuck at home (or "safe at home" as some public health campaigns would have it) due to the coronavirus pandemic, beautiful scenes from Greece's...

April 19 was an Orthodox Easter Sunday nobody will ever forget in Greece. As strict curfew measures remain in place across the country to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, millions of Greeks tried to find new ways to...

This past Holy Saturday night in Greece was one that hadn't been seen since the end of World War II. Millions of people watched the Liturgy of the Resurrection from their televisions instead of going to their neighborhood church, as...

An Aegean Airlines special flight carrying the Holy Light from Jerusalem arrived in Athens on Holy Saturday afternoon. This year the Holy Light arrived in Greece from the Church of the Resurrection in Jerusalem under very strict measures due to...