Western Easter News Today

Ukrainian refugees who have moved to the UK and specifically Manchester, share their stories on what Orthodox Easter means to them.

This year in 2024, across most of the Orthodox world, many millions of people are celebrating Easter on Sunday 5 May. This is the story ...

Around 400 Orthodox Christians will celebrate Orthodox Easter at an historic town centre Shrewsbury church this coming weekend after outgrowing their existing church a few miles away.

Enjoy paskha on paska for Pascha

The Dunn family has three generations working their Easter lamb and Merino wool production farm, but that doesnt stop them from having family time competing at the Farm Show every

Syria is a land of mystery traffic jams. Despite the shortage and high price of petrol, vehicles fill the streets and avenues of Aleppo and Damascus.  No one knows how Syrians achieve these bumper-to-bumper events.

JERUSALEM (OSV News) -- Thousands of local and international Christian pilgrims thronged to Jerusalems Old City and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the ancient Eastern rite ceremony of the Holy Fire April 15, with some scuffles reported as Israeli police restricted the number of people able to reach the church. Celebrated for over 1,000 years on the Saturday before Orthodox Easter, as reported by Christian historian Eusebius in A.D. 328, the Orthodox Christian ceremony involves the Greek

Tensions over security restrictions of the ceremony have been growing. Police limited attendance to 1,800 people inside and 1,200 outside.

Thousands of local and international Christian pilgrims thronged to Jerusalem's Old City and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher for the ancient East...

Many of us are celebrating Easter this weekend - but in countries such as Greece and Ukraine, it takes place on a different day. Here's why.