LOCAL ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS CELEBRATE EASTER

4/24/2006

His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit is flanked by altar boys Steven Chirgott, left, and Nick Irmen as the Rev. Aristotle Damaskos, the dean of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, right, prepares for the reading of the Gospel during Easter services in the cathedral. The service was a pan-Orthodox Mass with members of other parishes participating. More than 250 million Orthodox Christians worldwide, including about six million in North America, yesterday celebrated the most sacred and holy day of Easter, or Pascha.