It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very ...

Christians around the world enter into the solemn observance of Holy Week, the most sacred period in the liturgical calendar.

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Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, ...