Last Sunday is ‘Pascha’(Easter) for Orthodox Christians

by Joseph Saraceno

Greek_Orthodox_Easter_different_CatholicIf they want to use the Julian calendar fine, but they don’t even have a full moon for their pass-over. Also their Pentecost Sunday runs up to a few days before Summer. The Lord will be back in spring time so that would help their preparations for His return, Ha…
In Christ, Joseph

By Fr. Jon Magoulias* – As Greek-Orthodox Christians prepare to celebrate Easter on Sunday,April 12th, we would like to shed some light on the reasons why the Orthodox Christian Church celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ later than the Catholic one. While the issue is somewhat complicated, it may be summarized in the two factors at work that cause this conflict in dates: MORE