Sofia Echo - Bulgaria
... The Orthodox Church (with its divisions: the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Oriental Orthodoxy, the Assyrian Church of the East, some other Orthodox denominations, Western Orthodoxy), has kept the same teachings and principles under which the kings of Constantinople of the Byzantine Empire worshipped God in what was then the Eastern Roman Empire. Orthodoxy, in fact, claims to be directly descended from the Apostles, and therefore pure. Orthodox means true or right teaching, from the Greek ortho ('right', 'correct') and doxa ('thought', 'teaching', 'glorification')...

ABC News - USA
JERUSALEM Apr 22, 2006 (AP)— Pilgrims celebrated the Orthodox Easter "holy fire" rite Saturday as a flame believed by some to be miraculously i gnited illuminated thousands of torches and candles at Christianity's holiest site...

The Greek and Armenian Orthodox patriarchs in the Holy Land descended into the church's underground tomb to bring out the flame...

Zee News - Noida,India
Kochi, Apr 22: A biography of Pope Benedict XVI, written in Malayalam, was released in Kerala today.

The 272-page book, penned by Ignatius Gonsalves, a senior journalist and faculty member of the Malayala Manorama's School of Communications, is priced at Rs 150. It has 24 chapters...

RIA Novosti - Moscow,Russia
MOSCOW, April 23 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Orthodox Church believers are celebrating Easter or the Resurrection of Christ this Sunday...

President of Russia Vladimir Putin congratulated Orthodox Christians and all citizens of Russia celebrating Easter, the presidential press office said Sunday.

I heartily congratulate Orthodox Christians and all citizens of Russia celebrating Christ's Resurrection. Easter gives millions of Russians joy and hope, and strengthens faith in high spiritual ideals, Putin said in his congratulatory letter.

The testimony of Athanasios Abdulrahman a former Muslim who became a Christian
and describes his experiences and reasons for the conversion.

Ya Libnan - Beirut,Lebanon
Beirut- The flame that marks the resurrection of Jesus was brought to Lebanon on the occasion of the Eastern Orthodox Easter this weekend for the first time since the 1948 Arab Israeli war.

The candle was first brought overland to Jordan and then by plane to Beirut, allowing the orthodox community, the second largest Christian sect in Lebanon, to participate in the holy land's rituals. ...