That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

Orthodox Pentecost is a national holiday in Cyprus and is also observed by the more than 250 million Orthodox believers around the world. Aside from Easter, Pentecost is the highest feast on the ...

The moment when this idyll came to an end—on Pentecost, 1933—was among the ... and unlike the Orthodox Jews, who bored him, were “idealists,” like him. An “idealist,” according to ...

It’s impossible to be an Orthodox Christian without professing belief in the ... in the Gospels He appeared as the Son, and from Pentecost onwards He appears as the Holy Spirit. Similarly, in our ...

They were there on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:10-11 ... ecumenism and church divisions – Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant; the identity and role of women; salvation; inspiration of the Bible – ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...