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Today over 300 million Orthodox Christians around the world
celebrate Easter. Observances of this holiday are referred to as
Pascha, Coptic Easter, or one of many other variants.
For many in the western world, the Easter celebration has already
taken place. However, Eastern Orthodox Easter is set by the Julian
calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar. Orthodox Christians
observe today s holiday in Greece, Russia, Bulgaria, Egypt,
Ethiopia, Lebanon, Ukraine, Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Eritrea, Serbia, and many nations across the
globe.
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