We encounter “convenient gods” in many countries where religion is used to drive political, military, and social agendas, such as Vladimir Putin’s nationalistic Orthodox Russia, Ayatollah ...

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, ...

Conquest of Constantinople by the Crusaders in 1204. Credit: David Aubert, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain The Byzantine Empire, the Roman Empire’s continuation in the East, faced countless, ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, the most important religious feast of the year, is set to begin on March 3, 2025, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean Monday.” ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Archbishop Anastasios Yanoulatos, head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, leads the Easter ...