Issue 4270. Last Updated: 11/08/2009

Nothing Weird About Orthodox Tradition

By Vladimir Berezansky Jr.
Together with the rest of the Eastern Christian world, the Russian Orthodox Church celebrated Easter on Sunday. In English, Orthodox Christians refer to Easter as ""Pascha,"" a word related to the English adjective ""paschal"" and to the French Paque or Italian Pasqua.

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