Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

It's that time of year again when scores of women volunteers from the Philoptochos gather at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Akron to mobilize for their big Easter Bake Sale of Greek goodies. It ...

This Sunday marks the Greek Orthodox Easter holiday. Jim Botsacos, executive chef of Molyvos restaurant in New York City, serves up this bread recipe to celebrate the day. This Sunday marks the Greek ...

I did not grow up eating any specific Easter foods, beyond dyed eggs and whatever goodies my mother put in our Easter baskets. Our Easter feasts usually consisted of the same foods as any other family ...

In 1968, Theodora Contis left the Greek island of Chios to move to New Jersey, where her older sister had previously settled. Among the treasured possessions the then-21-year-old carried was a ...

As Easter Sunday approaches, bakers throughout the Christian world prepare to make light, brightly decorated breads to grace their Easter breakfast and dinner tables in celebration of the end of Lent.

On Easter Sunday, Katerina "Kathy" Vainas, her sister Angie Barakos and at least 30 members of their family will enjoy roasted lamb, sweet bread and crack red-colored eggs with one another, ...

This is sweet brioche style bread. I love having for breakfast with some Greek coffee. I usually dip it in my coffee. This Easter bread symbolizes the resurrection of Christ. Tsoureki is also called ...

Artemis Sarayiotes, 92, makes traditional Greek Easter bread called tsoureki, annually for Easter. Tsoureki is a braided bread that usually has a red-dyed boiled egg placed in it for decoration.

• 2 teaspoons mahleb (essence from the seeds of wild Mediterranean cherries) • 8 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled • 6 eggs; 1 lightly beaten • 1 teaspoon salt • 1 tablespoon orange zest In a ...