The altar table is washed by the bishop and concelebrating ... all the more so since it was celebrated on the fifth Sunday of Eastertide in the Orthodox Church, on which day the meeting of Jesus ...

is a time when the royal doors to the Orthodox altars are kept open, giving worshippers an unobstructed view of the altar table. This symbolizes that with his death and resurrection, Jesus Christ ...

Parishioners of St. Elizabeth Greek Orthodox Church of Gainesville will participate next week in a sacred and historic event that occurs only once in a church’s lifetime. At an 8 a.m. service ...

All the high priests and monks of the church read from this object, from the table of ... The altar is thought to have been used for masses by Catholic and Greek Orthodox priests until it was ...

The Orthodox Easter, or Pascha ... burial shroud off the tomb in the middle of the room and takes it to the altar table, behind the altar screen. “Then right at midnight one candle is lit ...

A Greek Orthodox altar boy holds up a ceremonial cross In eastern Orthodox Christianity, the preparations begin with Great Lent, 40 days of reflection and fasting, which starts on Clean Monday and ...