Ukrainian Orthodox believers light candles from the Holy Fire during Orthodox Easter celebrations in the Volodymyrskiy Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine, April 7, 2018.

Athens, Greece — Inside Greece’s Orthodox churches, candles are a symbol of faith and simplicity, slender and traditionally made of beeswax, and placed in large candleholders filled with sand.

High-selling designs this Easter include pandemic-themed candles that resemble Covid-19 test kits, vaccination syringes and even red-coloured representations of the ball-and-spike shaped virus itself.

For the Greek Orthodox, candles are a particularly important tool of the faith. “You cannot participate in a church service without lighting a candle,” said Steve Frangos, ...

Hundreds of Orthodox soldiers and their families participated in the candle-lighting event, organized by the Netzah Yehuda Association, which helps Haredi soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces.

THE GREEK EASTER DAY.; The Orthodox Church Observed It with Imposing Services -- Multitude of Waving Candles. Share full article. April 26, 1897.

For many Christians, Easter was celebrated this year on March 31. But for Eastern Orthodox Christians, the celebration of Jesus Christ's Resurrection occurs more than a month later, on May 5 ...

Orthodox Christians celebrated Easter this weekend. Festivities around Europe included candle-filled church services, painted eggs and even firework battles. Orthodox Christians around the world ...

MOSCOW – Orthodox Christian believers are observing Easter, a week later than the religious holiday was celebrated this year by Western churches. In Russia, about 4.3 million people took part in ...