Easter may have gone, but Pascha is yet to come for area Or – thodox, commemorating the same events as Western Easter but with a dierent calendar date. Seen above is a "King of Glory" …
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Easter may have gone, but Pascha is yet to come for area Or
– thodox, commemorating the same events as Western Easter but with a dierent calendar date. Seen above is a "King of Glory" icon mounted on a Byzantine triple cross at Holy As
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sumption in Lublin. Tied to the Julian calendar and calculat – ed using a dierent base date, Pascha/Easter is among the earliest celebrated Christian festivals, historically speaking.
Photo by Joseph Back.
