What Is Holy Pascha?
On the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha, Orthodox Christians Celebrate the Life-Giving Resurrection of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. .. . Holy Week Comes to...
On the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha, Orthodox Christians celebrate the life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. ... Holy Week comes to an end at sunset of Great and Holy Saturday, as the Church prepares to celebrate her most ancient and preeminent festival, Pascha, the feast of feasts.
Why is Easter called Pascha?
In Latin and Greek, the Christian celebration was, and still is, called Pascha (Greek: Πάσχα), a word derived from Aramaic פסחא (Paskha), cognate to Hebrew פֶּסַח (Pesach). The word originally denoted the Jewish festival known in English as Passover, commemorating the Jewish Exodus from slavery in Egypt.
Who celebrates Pascha?
Pascha (pronounced PAHS-kuh), the Orthodox churches' term for Easter, comes this year more than a month after Catholics and Protestants celebrated this most important Christian feast day.
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