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Catholic churches across eastern Oklahoma hold Mass to pray for cardinals ahead of conclave
Catholic churches across eastern Oklahoma gathered together to hold Mass and pray for the College of Cardinals ahead of the ...
Greek Reporter13d
The Church that Unites and Divides Orthodox and Catholics
Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...
Euromaidan Press15d
Pope Francis was “pro-Ukrainian” but wouldn’t name Russia as aggressor: Orthodox theologian explains pontiff’s complex legacy
Under his pontificate, the Church underwent a catharsis, a repentance for past mistakes – something I wish Orthodox churches, especially the Russian Church, would emulate. Under Pope Francis, the ...
The Observer15d
Pope Francis, voice of reform in the Catholic Church, dies at 88
He had close ties with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople, the spiritual center of the Eastern Orthodox Church, and also with the former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, head ...
dw17d
How Orthodox Christians in Germany celebrate Easter
Orthodox Christians ... Why do Western churches — especially the Catholic Church and Protestant churches — celebrate Easter on different dates than the Eastern churches? To understand why ...
The Munich Eye17d
Unified Celebration: Catholics and Orthodox Christians Mark Easter Together
While the Catholic and Protestant churches adhere to the Gregorian calendar, the Orthodox Church follows the Julian calendar, established by Julius Caesar in 45 BC. This discrepancy means that the two ...
SBS17d
Orthodox Easter: Who celebrates in Australia and why it's (usually) on a different date
Not all Orthodox Churches are 'Eastern Orthodox'. The 'Oriental Orthodox Churches' have theological differences and include the Ethiopian and Coptic Source: Debre Selam Medanialem Ethiopian ...
Public Holidays17d
Orthodox Easter 2025, 2026 and 2027 in Cyprus
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, ...
scmp.com17d
Easter’s date remains divisive 4 centuries on, but some church leaders want that to change
when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the older Julian one. Moreover, each church uses its own ecclesiastical calculations for lunar cycles ...
guardian.co.tt17d
Hosannah - Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church begins Holy Week
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NBC Washington17d
Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change
when the Western church adopted the Gregorian calendar while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the older Julian one. Moreover, each church uses its own ecclesiastical calculations for lunar cycles ...