In Romania, Easter celebrations start on Saturday, Easter Eve, when we gather in church at midnight to cheer the resurrection of Christ. “Cristos a înviat” (Christ has risen), chants the priest to the ...

An elderly woman walks to a relative's graves at dawn in Copaciu, southern Romania, Thursday, April 25, 2019. On Maundy Thursday during the holy week of Easter, Orthodox Christians in small southern ...

In this Wednesday, May 27 2020, file picture Orthodox worshipers, a few wearing masks for protection against the COVID-19 virus, are spread around an open archaeological site outside the Cathedral of ...

Orthodox priests in Serbia and Romania have asked the authorities to ease restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic and allow the celebration of masses to mark Orthodox Easter this week. A ...