Blisstree » christian easter http://www.blisstree.com Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:58:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 History of Russian Easter http://www.blisstree.com/articles/history-of-the-russian-easter-360/ http://www.blisstree.com/articles/history-of-the-russian-easter-360/#comments Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:08:23 +0000 Marcie http://www.achildchosen.com/history-of-the-russian-easter/ Post from: Blisstree

History of Russian Easter

]]> Russian Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, will be April 27th this year almost a full month after Westerners celebrate Easter. (Coincidentally, Eric and I traveled to Russia 3 years ago today to meet AJ for the first time…on Good Friday).

Orthodox Easter is very similar to Christian Easter, as they celebrate the death and the rise of Christ, the devout women who served him, Holy Week, and His Resurrection. They even, as Catholics do, celebrate “Willow Sunday” or Palm Sunday.

The difference falls mainly between two different calendars; the Western calendar and the Gregorian Calendar and the Julian Calendar by the Eastern Culture.

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History of Russian Easter

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