The first full day of Lent for churches using the "old calendar" to calculate the date of Easter is Monday, March 18. In the Eastern Christian tradition, this day is known as "Clean Monday" — and it ...

Christians around the world observe Lent to varying degrees, but none with more zeal than the Eastern Orthodox, the vast branch of Christendom that split from the western Roman Catholic church a ...

Orthodox believers celebrate the Feast of the Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the temple on December 4. On this day, it ...

While western Christianity is already halfway through the Lenten season, Eastern Orthodox Christians will begin the celebration of Great Lent at sunset Sunday. The Eastern Orthodox church usually ...

As the Catholic Church in the Holy Land entered Holy Week by literally retracing the steps of Jesus’ passion in Jerusalem, the Orthodox churches took their first steps into Lent. The Eastern churches ...

Orthodox Lent actually began on Monday when Holy Trinity worshippers started their Lenten season with the traditional Orthodox annual Rite of Forgiveness service. "We turn to each other and offer ...

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MOSCOW, February 27. /TASS/. The Russian Orthodox Church goes on Monday into the Great Lent - the strictest and the longest of four many day-long fasts. It will continue for seven weeks together with ...

(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes the start of Lent for Orthodox Christians, Kashmiri Muslims and more. (RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious ...

Later to start Lent than most Christians, worshippers in Northeast Roanoke began the season of self-denial Wednesday night by burning incense, chanting verses and hymns, and kneeling on the floor ...