The main Orthodox feast—the “Feast of Feasts and Triumph of Triumphs,” the Resurrection of Christ—has arrived. At the Holy Dormition Convent Novo-Diveevo in New York, this greatest of holidays is celebrated with particular solemnity. However, there is a special tradition that follows Easter. On the Tuesday of the second week after Pascha, Orthodox Christians celebrate...
Radonitsa in the the Russian Orthodox Church is a commemoration of the departed observed on the second Tuesday of Pascha (Easter) or, in some places (in south-west Russia), on the second Monday of Pascha. The Slavs, like many ancient peoples, had a tradition of visiting family members’ graves during the springtime and feasting together with them. After their conversion to Christianity, this...