This weekend, The Saturday Early Show celebrated Greek Easter with a meal created by Mina Newman for our special holiday Chef on a Shoestring challenge - dinner for six for under $60. Greek Easter ...
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 Orthodox ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — While many have already celebrated Easter and Passover, those in the Orthodox community have not. Their lesser-known holiday, Orthodox Easter, is Sunday, May 5th. You may know it ...
Eggs play an important role on Easter Sunday. Kids love hunting for them or eating chocolate or marshmallow or caramel versions of the eggs. But they also have an important religious meaning in the ...
Greek Orthodox Easter comes with its own set of traditions. These restaurants are embracing them with special events and menus. Where: Zaytinya, 701 9th St. NW What: Zaytinya kicks off its fourth ...
Great and Holy Pascha (Easter) is celebrated by Eastern Orthodox Chrisitans (officially known as the Orthodox Catholic Church and commonly referred to as Greek Orthodox), and this year it falls on ...
The Greeks don’t adhere to the Gregorian calendar (created by Pope Gregory) when calculating Easter. Instead, they follow the older, Julian calendar. Here’s where you can go in Miami to experience ...
Easter celebrations are not quite over, as members of Eastern Orthodox Church are preparing to celebrate Greek Easter on Sunday, April 8. The two holidays commemorate the resurrection of Jesus on ...