On this day in the Orthodox calendar, the archangel Gabriel appeared to the maiden Mary and informed her that she was pregnant with the divine child. The first modern Greek state was founded in 1828 under the name "Hellenic State" and consisted of the Peloponnese and part of Central Greece...
When Good Friday arrives, the profound mourning toll of the church bells across every church in the country paints a typical sad atmosphere ofevery corner of Greece. According to the Orthodox Bible, the bells of every church and chapel remind us about the funeral of Christ, who died in the ...
Upcoming GreekOrthodoxEaster Sunday Dates (*= same as Catholic and Protestant Easter Sunday) Upcoming GreekOrthodoxEaster Sunday Dates 2015: April 122022: April 242029: April 8 2016: May 12023: April 162030: April 28 2017: April 16*2024: May 52031: April 13* ...
In the Orthodox Church the feast of Easter is officially calledPascha, the word which means thePassover. It is the eternal Passover from death to life and from earth to heaven. Easter (Pascha) begins on theSaturday of Lazarus(the Saturday before Palm Sunday) with children and their teachers...