Pope Leo XIV adorned a bright red shoulder cover and ornate stole during his introduction on May 8, a contrast from Pope ...

Credit: MIHAIL, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Have you ever noticed how Catholics and Orthodox Christians cross themselves differently? It’s not random; it’s a fascinating result of a ...

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, ...

Welcome to the world of Eastern Catholics, or Greek Catholics, or the term many Orthodox still use: Uniates, from the Latin word ‘unio’, meaning ‘unity’ or ‘one’. Their story is a living example of ...

"And great camera work @autumnchiklis!" The trio played a Greek Orthodox game called Tsougrisma, a tradition observed in Greek culture where players crack red eggs at Easter, symbolizing Christ's ...

What Is Greek Orthodox Easter? Greek Orthodox Easter is the conclusion of Greek Orthodox's "Great Lent," a strict 40-day period of fasting. Great Lent ends on Lazarus Saturday, which is when ...

A Palestinian Greek Orthodox girl lights a candle during the ... During some church services, the ashes are used to mark a cross on a worshippers' foreheads. The final day before Ash Wednesday ...

The Epitaphio (the symbolic funeral bier of Christ) during a Good Friday at Greek Orthodox Church of St. Athanasios at Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, April, 2015 Source: AAP Similarities greater than ...

A Garda investigation is underway after a human skull was discovered buried in a garden in west Cork. The partial human remains were found in the garden of a house near Eyeries on the Beara Peninsula ...

Tens of thousands of Greek Australians filed churches across the country this Good Friday to observe the solemn procession of the Epitaphios, one of the most sacred traditions of Orthodox Holy Week.

For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine ... (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Greek Catholic believers and foreigners who live in Greece attend the ...