The countdown toward Easter, the "Feast of Feasts," begins on February 23, 2026, with the dawn of Kathara Deftera (Clean Monday) ...

With Greek Easter approaching, Greeks and tourists alike are planning to rush out of urban centers todestinations across the country.

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 ...

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 ...

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The sickest I’ve gotten in recent memory was just before I graduated college, when I achieved the elusive flu-to-strep combo in the span of three weeks. But on one precious weekend that spring between ...

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 ...