Pascha and Pandemic

by John P. Burgess

Developments around Pascha this year reveal a much more complex picture of Russia's church-state relations. Continue Reading »

1 May 2020

After Great Lent

by Tim Markatos

Last Sunday Orthodox Christians around the world finally celebrated Pascha and proclaimed Christ risen from the dead. As in Western Christendom, Orthodox Easter is preceded by Holy Week—the liturgical pinnacle of the Orthodox Church. In this week of preparation and commemoration, our services, . . . . Continue Reading »

6 May 2016

The Joy of Orthodox Pascha

by Wesley J. Smith

One spring, a few years before I converted to Eastern Orthodoxy, my wife and I vacationed in Greece. On the plane we became friendly with a happy elderly Greek-American gentleman who told us excitedly that he was on a pilgrimage to the Holy Mountain (the monastic polity of Mount Athos) for Pascha. “Pascha?” I asked. “What’s Pascha?” . . . Continue Reading »

18 Apr 2014