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Archive for the ‘Eastern Orthodox’ Category July 17 Tsar Nicholas II It’s not an official holiday yet, but with the Russian Orthodox Church’s beatification of the last Russian Tsar and his family in 2000, the Romanovs do have their own saint day—July 17—the anniversary of the day they were executed in 1918. Nicholas II, the last Russian Tsar, is a touchy [...]
“So this Rabbi and a tax collector walk into a temple…”
Yes, this has all [...] There’s no Mardi Gras or Carnival in Russia. Lent doesn’t descend on Orthodox Christians in one big swoop as in Catholicism, but in a series of events with increasingly strict regulations. Triodion begins a full month before Lent. Two weeks later, Meatfare Sunday marks the last day Orthodox Christians can eat meat until after Easter, aka Pascha. The [...] January 14 Happy New Year! It’s January 1 in the Orthodox Calendar, observed by Orthodox Churches in Russia, Macedonia, Serbia, and many of the former Soviet Republics, including Ukraine, Armenia, Belarus, and the one that’s all consonants. (Kryrrrgyztyrgystan) So is Russia two weeks behind the times? Do they feel the need to have the last word on [...] September 14 every year September 14 is the Triumph of the Cross, in the Roman Catholic Church, or the Exaltation of the Cross in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It commemorates the rediscovery of the cross on which Christ was executed. The True Cross was discovered by Helena, mother of Constantine, the first Christian Emperor of Rome, [...] August 28 annually Dance with joy, O peoples! Theotokos of Kazan It’s called the Dormition, or the “falling asleep”. On its own, falling asleep might not sound like ample [...] August 6 every year transfiguration: The transfiguration, celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church each year on August 6, refers to what is perhaps history’s greatest Kodak moment: Jesus talking with the prophets Moses and Elijah (Elias) on the peak of Mount Tabor in [...] In March the Protestant and Catholic Churches celebrated Easter; last week Jehovah’s Witnesses observed the Memorial of Christ’s Death; but today the Eastern Orthodox Church gets the last word, celebrating the Resurrection in what is known in many countries as Pascha. The English word Easter is thought to derive from early pagan deities such as |
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