Christians around the world observe Lent to varying degrees, but none with more zeal than the Eastern Orthodox, the vast branch of Christendom that split from the western Roman Catholic church a ...

The first full day of Lent for churches using the "old calendar" to calculate the date of Easter is Monday, March 18. In the Eastern Christian tradition, this day is known as "Clean Monday" — and it ...

There will be no Lenten fish fry guides for the Orthodox Christians of Western Pennsylvania. Monday marked the beginning of Great Lent for Orthodox Christians — an especially austere time when it ...

While western Christianity is already halfway through the Lenten season, Eastern Orthodox Christians will begin the celebration of Great Lent at sunset Sunday. The Eastern Orthodox church usually ...

As the Catholic Church in the Holy Land entered Holy Week by literally retracing the steps of Jesus’ passion in Jerusalem, the Orthodox churches took their first steps into Lent. The Eastern churches ...

Despite some basic similarities, Great Lent is more demanding than the Lent practiced by many other Christians, Orthodox leaders say. Moreover, the Orthodox faithful fast not only through Lent, but ...

BOB ABERNETHY, host: For Eastern Orthodox Christians this is Great Lent, the 40-day period of strict fasting leading up to Easter. The Orthodox are supposed to observe fasts of one kind or another ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Members of Holy Trinity-St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Bulls Head are fasting for Lent in anticipation of Easter, their holiest day of the year, which this year falls on ...

The world’s 250 million Orthodox Christians, including those who worship at St. Innocent’s Church in Eureka, are getting ready to enter into the sacred season of Lent this Sunday. Around the world, ...

(RNS) — This week’s photo selection includes the start of Lent for Orthodox Christians, Kashmiri Muslims and more. (RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious ...