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 ...

Katerina Tsihlis, 8, lights a candle in front of an icon of the Holy Trinity before the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Chuch’ s Service of Lamentation marking the death of Christ on Holy Friday, May 3, ...

Eastern Orthodox Easter is April 16. It’s a time when Greek Americans enjoy roasting a traditional whole lamb — in some cases, including the head — outdoors on an automatic spit roaster. But before ...

Many of us will be celebrating Easter on March 31st this year and are already shopping for Easter basket stuffers and gifts. The same isn’t true for folks who follow the Orthodox calendar, however. In ...

Nothing is more quintessentially Greek than a large, loud function with too much food. And, in my big Greek family, any celebration that doesn’t end with everyone sweating from Greek dancing or a lamb ...

Holy Week Easter book in Greek and English on opposing pages The Akathist Hymn in Greek and English on opposing pages Holy Week Easter Hymnal with Music in Greek and English Essential Books in Greek ...

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a united celebration in 2025, for the first time in eight years. Father John Basarab, pastor of Epiphany of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church, celebrates ...

A reader turned up the heat after seeing today’s holiday referred to as “Greek Easter” in Janine Lademan’s weekly “Granite Kitchen” column last week, alongside the recipes for phyllo cups, glazed figs ...

Greek Easter biscuits, or Koulourakia, bring out the sweet and golden side of holiday baking. These traditional Greek cookies are super super important during Greek Easter celebrations. Really, ...

Easter is the most important day of the Greek religious calendar. As a result, there’s no feast like a Greek Easter feast. When I was a child, we’d spend the day in my grandparents’ Greek-Cypriot ...