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Six Million Celebrate Easter Across Eastern Orthodox Churches
The article notes Easter observances by six million Eastern Orthodox Christians in the United States. It explains dateless timing due to Hebrew, Julian, and Gregorian calendars and moon phases, with Easter dates ranging from March 22 to April 25 in the Western cycle and April 20 for Eastern Orthodoxy. Patriarch Athenagoras calls for Christian unity and closer cooperation to overcome divisions, while the piece mentions Archbishop Jakovos describing Easter as a dateless, continuous dawn of life.
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George W. Cornell
New York
Jakovos
Americas
Athenagoras
Constantinople