Each year, the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem leads the Holy Fire ceremony. He enters the Edicule, a small shrine within the Holy Sepulchre encasing Christ’s ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

Holy Saturday, the day before Greek Easter on Sunday, marks the last day of Holy Week for Orthodox Christians.

Moldovan authorities have prevented an Orthodox bishop from bringing back the Holy Fire from Jerusalem Read Full Article at ...

The Holy Fire is considered a miraculous flame that appears each year on Holy Saturday, the day before Orthodox Easter, inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem - believed to be the site ...

Guarded by the peaks of the Carpathians, by the rapid mountain waters and by dense forests, with villages that still preserve ...

Easter, or the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is one of the most important religious celebrations in Romania. Deeply rooted in Orthodox Christianity and enriched by regional customs, the holiday blends ...

Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church is working to unify the date of Easter celebrations across all Christian denominations.

RIYADH, 30th April, 2015 (WAM) -- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia, today received the Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his accompanying ...

The ceremony was held at the Cathedral of Resurrection of Christ ... head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania. Earlier this month a seven-member Holy Synod unanimously elected Joan ...

Newly appointed Orthodox Archbishop Joan of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, looks on during an inauguration ceremony at the Cathedral of Resurrection of Christ, in Tirana, Albania, Saturday ...

The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Norwich ... to the fact we’re still able to proclaim the resurrection of Christ,” Rev. Father Demetrios Panteloukas, who has been with the church for about ...