What’s the Difference Between Easter and Orthodox Easter?
The holidays both celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ but have some different traditions and are based on different calendars.
The religious holiday of Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, as described in the Bible’s New Testament. Although it is observed as the holiest day by both Orthodox Christians and non-orthodox Christians, it is a movable feast, and is recognized on different days by both religions each year. Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter later than most Christians in the Western world because the churches calculate the holiday by different calendars.
Known as Pascha, the Greek word for “passover,” Easter in the Orthodox Churchcelebrates “the eternal Passover from death to life from earth heaven.” Great Lent, the church’s strictest time of fasting, takes place for 40 days, ending eight days before Easter on Lazarus Saturday—when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, according to Eastern orthodoxy. Palm Sunday and Holy Week follow, with continued fasting until Easter. Orthodox Easter always follows the Jewish holiday of Passover.
Sending blessings to you and your family.
Melinda
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