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  1. Apr 8, 2022 · Known as Pascha, the Greek word for “passover,” Easter in the Orthodox Church celebrates “the eternal Passover from death to life from earth heaven.”. Great Lent, the church’s strictest ...

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  2. Aug 12, 2000 · The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, with its headquarters located in the City of New York, is an Eparchy of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, The mission of the Archdiocese is to proclaim the Gospel of Christ, to teach and spread the Orthodox Christian faith, to energize, cultivate, and guide the life of the Church in the United States of America according to the Orthodox ...

  3. Apr 16, 2024 · There are several Orthodox churches in America, each tracing their roots to different national traditions. Some of the largest include the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the Orthodox Church in America (originally Russian Orthodox), the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, and the Serbian Orthodox Church in North ...

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  5. Mar 2, 2021 · Orthodox Easter Observances. In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the spiritual preparations for Easter begin with Great Lent, 40 days of self-examination and fasting (including Sundays), which starts on Clean Monday and culminates on Lazarus Saturday. Clean Monday falls seven weeks before Easter Sunday. The term "Clean Monday" refers to cleansing ...

  6. The Orthodox Easter now falls anywhere between April 4 and May 8 and the Catholic Easter falls anywhere between March 22 and April 25. In rare instances, the dates align, and Easter is celebrated...

  7. More recently, President Donald Trump’s Jewish daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, also have made “Orthodox” a household word — and drawn some criticism for compromises in their observance. Lieberman, in many ways, represents an Orthodox Judaism of decades past, one that integrated more seamlessly than today’s ...

  8. May 6, 2024 · Orthodox Easter in 2024. Orthodox Easter will fall on Sunday, May 5th, 2024, according to the Julian calendar used by much of Eastern Orthodoxy. Easter for most Western Christians will occur this year on Sunday, March 31st, 2024, according to the Gregorian calendar. Get your FREE Easter Guide here.