The Orthodox Church utilizes the Julian calendar, which was established by ... he wrote in 2021 for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. As a result, the space between the two holidays ...

Marked by devout vigils and traditional feasts, the holiday traces its origins back to the centuries-old decision of Orthodox churches to split from the Catholic church and adhere to a calendar ...

But while most Western churches calculate the date using the Gregorian calendar introduced by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582, Eastern Orthodox churches use the older Julian calendar, established by ...

On Friday, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in America, His Eminence Elpidophoros, Archbishop of America, paid his first visit to the Crescent City, bringing a message of unity and shared ...