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Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change
Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...
Religion News Service on MSN17h
Rare same Easter date is bringing Western, Eastern churches together. Can it be permanent?
The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are ...
The Tablet15h
Catholic & Orthodox Parishes Raise Their Voices in Unison for Easter
With Catholic and Orthodox Easter falling on the same day this year, four parishes in Brooklyn are merging their choirs for a ...
National Catholic Register1d
This Year’s Shared Easter Provides ‘Joy’ to Catholic-Orthodox Blended Families
Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...
How often do Western and Orthodox Easters coincide? This year's overlap is getting rarer
Christians around the world will celebrate on the same day this year, a relative rarity. Pope Francis would like to make it ...
As Orthodox Christianity rises, its Houston home races to wrap expansion
A Texas Green Orthodox church is embarking on the final phase of a multimillion-dollar, yearslong expansion project amid ...
ERR News3h
Tallinn's Way of the Cross leads to Orthodox church for first time
Good Friday was celebrated in Tallinn yesterday with the traditional Way of the Cross. For the first time, this year, the Way ...
Greek Reporter6d
Celebrating Orthodox Palm Sunday in Greece
Palm Sunday marks the last Sunday before Easter, and signals the beginning of Holy Week, an important period of prayer and ...