Easter will be celebrated on May 5 by Australian communities who follow Christian Orthodox faiths, and the lack of a public holiday to mark the occasion does little to deter the faithful.
When the clock hits midnight on Saturday, Greek Orthodox Australians in churches and homes will exclaim in pairs and . In Australia, members of the Macedonian community will use the same greeting - , - and if you happen to have neighbours of Romanian heritage ascribing to the faith you will hear them saying - .
Following the Catholic Church and Protestantism, Orthodoxy is the third largest branch of Christianity, with more than 250 million followers worldwide . While Eastern Orthodox and Western Christianity initially shared the same faith, the two traditions began to separate, with the defining split widely accepted to be the so-called Great Schism in 1054 . But the two Easter dates are not attributed to their differences in theology, tradition and worship .
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