Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990 ...

E ven if you know what Easter is all about, you might not know when it is. After all, while Christmas reliably falls on Dec.

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In the Orthodox tradition, eggs are painted red to symbolize the blood Jesus shed on the cross. Easter eggs, or resurrection eggs, do have their roots in pagan traditions during the spring equinox ...