Eastern Orthodox Easter News Today

Plus, artist Elisa Hamilton's "Sightlines" exhibit and Rhythm N’ Spice Hot Sauce Fest.

Enjoy paskha on paska for Pascha

Also, many Catholics call themselves celebrating the baptism of Jesus by taking a dip outside in the cold waters on the first Sunday after January 6th every year. It is called the celebration of Epiphany, another pagan ritual. The person will strip down in the cold weather and walk into a body of cold water, cross their heart up and down and side to side, and then immerse themselves into the water. Take note that when a person first comes to be baptized into the Catholic Church, they will only p...

Sunday is Eastern Orthodox Easter, the most Holy Day of the year, which is celebrated globally by more than 300 million Orthodox Christians of multiple ethnic j

(EDITOR’S NOTE: On this Eastern Orthodox Easter, Pearl Tranto, president of the Philoptochos Society of All Saints Greek Orthodox Church in Weirton, shares th

(Editor’s note: Eastern Orthodox Easter is Sunday, April 16. Chef David Cingari of the 12 Cingari Family Shoprites in Connecticut has sent us this seasonal recipe: )  Ingredients:  4 double-cut lamb chops  Zest of 1 lemon  1 tablespoon lemon juice  3 cloves garlic, minced  1 teaspoon olive oil   Instructions:  Combine lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic […]

Eastern Orthodox Easter, or Greek Easter (Kalo Pascha!), as it’s more com­monly known in most of Queens, is on Sunday, April 16, in alignment with the Julian calendar. Non-Orthodox Christians adhere to the Gregorian calendar and therefore celebrated Easter last Sunday. But aside from the differing dates, and some small cultural differences and tradi­tions, it

The Pink Moon, this months full moon, will be closest to the bright star Spica on Thursday, April 6, 2023. On Wednesday and Friday, the moon will be brilliant and full.What does the Pink Moon...

April 2023s full moon is known as the Pink Moon and the Paschal Moon. It will be at its fullest at 12:34 a.m. EDT on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

The full pink moon in April 2023 is also the Paschal Full Moon as it determines when Easter takes place. The Cherry Blossom Festival is also at this time.