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Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

Additionally, the stunning golden mosaics of the church represent the best of Byzantine art that survived and passed on to Italy from Byzantine lands. The Byzantine tradition of icon painting proved ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church bells. Fireworks ...

She was also the treasurer for the Williamsburg Municipal Authority and a local registrar for over 40 years. She was a lifetime member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Williamsburg. Gladys loved ...

The famous helmet is among the Anglo-Saxon artifacts that indicate an eastern link with the Byzantine Empire. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Patriarch Sergius I of Constantinople, like the emperor, was skilled in the Greek language. Greek was the liturgical language of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Sergius, as a prominent ecclesiastical ...