ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS TO CELEBRATE EASTER.Byline: Tracy Valeri Daily News Staff Writer Eastern Orthodox Christians This is primarily a list of notable people who contributed to the history of Eastern Orthodox Christianity's theology or culture. However it is also for people whose Eastern Orthodox identity is an important part of their notability. will be celebrating Easter on Sunday. The timing is different from that of most denominations, but there's plenty of tradition behind it. Orthodox Christians - 250 million of them worldwide - follow a decree of the Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, Asia Minor, held under Emperor Constantine the Great Constantine the Great: see Constantine I, Roman emperor. in 325 A.D. This decree declared that Easter must be celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon of the vernal equinox but always after the Hebrew Passover to maintain the biblical sequence of events of the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. Several San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. churches are among those offering Easter services: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church stood across Liberty Street from the South Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City, USA. It was completely destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks when the South Tower collapsed. , 9510 Balboa Blvd., Northridge, will have an 11 p.m. Resurrection service today and a 1 p.m. Easter service Sunday. (818) 886-4040. St. Innocent Orthodox Church, 5657 Lindley Ave., Tarzana, will have a 9 a.m. Divine Liturgy and an 11:30 p.m. service with Nocturn noc·turn n. Any of the three canonical divisions of the office of matins. [Middle English nocturne, from Medieval Latin nocturna, from Latin, feminine of nocturnus, Matins mat·ins n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. a. Ecclesiastical The office that formerly constituted together with lauds the first of the seven canonical hours. b. today. For Easter services, call (818) 881-1123. St. Michael Orthodox Church, 16643 Vanowen St., Van Nuys, today will have a 9 a.m. liturgy, an 11:30 p.m. service and another service at midnight. On Sunday, Easter services will be at noon. (818) 994-2313. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church in Northridge will have a Resurrection service today and an Easter service Sunday. Joe Binoya/Special to the Daily News |
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