Easter
Coptic Orthodox Church bans media coverage of Easter Sunday due to COVID-19
Egypt
April 27, 2021
Coptic Orthodox Church bans media coverage of Easter Sunday due to COVID-19
The Coptic Orthodox Media Center has apologized for not allowing press and media coverage of any of the current church…
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
World
April 5, 2021
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and…
Myanmar anti-coup protesters launch ‘Easter egg strike’
World
April 4, 2021
Myanmar anti-coup protesters launch ‘Easter egg strike’
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Anti-coup demonstrators in Myanmar, adept at finding themes to tie together protests nationwide, took to the…
Sri Lanka falls silent for victims on Easter attacks anniversary
World
April 21, 2020
Sri Lanka falls silent for victims on Easter attacks anniversary
Survivors of last year’s devastating Islamist suicide bombings in Sri Lanka held a private anniversary service Tuesday because of a…
Orthodox Easter services hit by virus as many stay home
World
April 19, 2020
Orthodox Easter services hit by virus as many stay home
More than 260 million Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter Sunday, with church leaders urging worshipers to stay at home to avoid…
Coronavirus forces Egypt’s Coptic Christians to celebrate easter at home
Life & Style
April 19, 2020
Coronavirus forces Egypt’s Coptic Christians to celebrate easter at home
As Egypt stems the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the country’s Coptic Christians and eastern orthodox churches have been forced to celebrate…
Egyptian doctors caution that eating salted fish weakens immune system
Health & Fitness
April 17, 2020
Egyptian doctors caution that eating salted fish weakens immune system
Many Egyptians will celebrate Easter and the spring holiday Sham el-Nessim on Monday by eating fesikh (fermented and salted fish)…
Lockdown weighs heavily on Orthodox Christians during Easter
World
April 17, 2020
Lockdown weighs heavily on Orthodox Christians during Easter
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For Orthodox Christians, this is normally a time of reflection and mourning followed by joyful release,…
Egypt orders additional curfew measures for Easter holiday
Egypt
April 17, 2020
Egypt orders additional curfew measures for Easter holiday
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly announced on Thursday that the government will institute additional curfew measures for the Easter holiday…
Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some factories
World
April 13, 2020
Cautious hope for pandemic peak as Spain readies to reopen some factories
The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic has slowed in some of the worst-hit countries, with Spain readying Monday to…