Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and ...

Bowan is one of the many Orthodox Christians who celebrate the holiday according to the Julian Calendar ... to celebrate the holiday throughout the week in Lackawanna County.

But why the almost two-week difference from when many other Christians celebrate? “The Julian calendar, which we follow…Christmas falls on the seventh of January,” said Fr. Zomchak.