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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried, and resurrected, was packed with believers.

By Marcel Gascon Kyiv, Apr 16 (EFE).- Thousands of faithful heard the Orthodox Easter service in Kyiv’s iconic Lavra Cathedral in the Ukrainian language for the first time in history on Sunday, despite the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s links to Moscow. “The Moscow Patriarchate had occupied the Lavra,” parishioner Mykhailo Yujimovich, an 80-year-old retired mechanical engineer …

Thousands gather in Jerusalem for the annual Holy Fire ceremony, but crowd limits force some to miss out.

Yevgeny Prigozhin said the ideal option would be the end of Russias war in Ukraine

Holy Fire, which is said to be an annual miracle where blue light emanates from the supposed tomb of Jesus Christ was delivered to Moscow in observance of Orthodox Easter

Ukrainians in Calgary are celebrating Orthodox Easter this weekend but for many it’s not as joyful as in years past as the war drags on in Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Orthodox Christians on Easter, saying the holiday gives believers hope, inspires good thoughts and deeds, and serves to establish high moral ideals and values in society.

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's most powerful mercenary group, Wagner, sent at least 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war back to Ukrainian forces to mark Ortho...

Celebrations were subdued due to security risks as Orthodox Ukrainians marked the holiday for a second time since Moscow unleashed its brutal full-scale war last February.

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