Orthodox Easter mixes spiritual and pagan in equal measure
Lithuanian Orthodox priests and believers walk in the Easter procession at the Orthodox Church of the Holy Spirit in Vilnius, Lithuania, shortly after midnight, Sunday, April 16.
(AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Millions of Orthodox Christians across Eastern and Southern Europe, the Middle East and elsewhere in the world, have celebrated Easter, capping weeklong religious celebrations.
The most important holiday on the Orthodox religious calendar is essentially an outdoor celebration, with equally intense spiritual and pagan parts and religious services followed by feasts, familial and communal...
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