New York, April 7, 2009 -- The National Council of Churches will present its Easter special, Pascha: The Resurrection of Christ, a program highlighting the Orthodox Christian observance of Easter, on ABC affiliates nationwide this month.

The program, produced by Greek Orthodox Telecommunications and sponsored by FAITH: An Endowment for Orthodoxy and Hellenism, highlights Holy and Great Week, focusing on the deeply moving and ancient services that recount the Gospel narrative leading to the Death and Resurrection of Christ. 

Archbishop Demetrios of America leads a procession of the faithful around the church and outside where, following the reading of the Gospel of the Resurrection, they proclaim the joyous hymn “Christ is Risen!” 

ABC and its affiliates make the air time available to National Council of Churches through the Interfaith Broadcasting Commission, of which NCC is a founding member. 

Specific broadcast dates and times span both Easter dates -- April 12 in the western tradition, April 19 in the Orthodox tradition -- and will vary by local station.  You may log on to  www.PaschaABC.goarch.org or www.interfaithbroadcasting.com/onair.aspx?PID=306 for a complete listing (as of April 3) of ABC Affiliates by state.  (See the chart below for a list of stations slated to carry the program.)

Additional showings will be added between now and the broadcast date, so please check listings for exact date, time and station in your area.  You may contact the Greek Orthodox Department of Communications (212-774-0244) if you need assistance.

DVD copies of the program available for pre-sale ($25, includes shipping).  To pre-purchase please contact the Department of Communications at 212-774-0244 or email gotel@goarch.org

Stations carrying the program are:
 

WTVG	Toledo	OH	3:00 AM	ET	11-Apr
KTRK	Houston	TX	4:00 AM	CT	11-Apr
KAIT	Jonesboro	AR, MO	12:00 PM	CT	11-Apr
KOCO	Oklahoma City	OK	12:00 PM	CT	11-Apr
S-WQOW	La Crosse-Eau Claire	WI	12:00 PM	CT	11-Apr
WBAY	Green Bay-Appleton	WI	12:00 PM	CT	11-Apr
WXOW	La Crosse-Eau Claire	WI	12:00 PM	CT	11-Apr
WHAS	Louisville	KY	1:30 PM	ET	11-Apr
KOAT	Albuquerque-Santa Fe	NM	2:00 PM	MT	11-Apr
WOAY	Bluefield-Beckley-Oak Hill	WV	2:30 PM	ET	11-Apr
WICS	Champaign-Sprngfld-Decatur	IL	3:00 PM	CT	11-Apr
WAOW	Wausau-Rhinelander	WI	3:00 PM	CT	11-Apr
KSWO	Wichita Falls & Lawton	OK, TX	3:30 PM	CT	11-Apr
WVII	Bangor	ME	4:00 PM	ET	11-Apr
WZZM	Grand Rapids-Kalmzoo-B.Crk	MI	4:00 PM	ET	11-Apr
KTNV	Las Vegas	NV	4:30 PM	PT	11-Apr
KJCT	Grand Junction-Montrose	CO	12:35 AM	MT	12-Apr
KRDO	Colorado Springs-Pueblo	CO	1:30 AM	MT	12-Apr
KABC	Los Angeles	CA	4:00 AM	PT	12-Apr
KFSN	Fresno-Visalia	CA	4:00 AM	PT	12-Apr
S-KABC-DT2	Los Angeles	CA	4:00 AM	PT	12-Apr
KSPR	Springfield, MO	MO	4:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
KNXV	Phoenix	AZ	4:30 AM	MT	12-Apr
WPVI	Philadelphia	DE, NJ, PA	4:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WTAE	Pittsburgh	PA	4:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WPVI	Philadelphia	PA, DE, NJ,	4:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
KGO	San Francisco-Oak-San Jose	CA	5:00 AM	PT	12-Apr
WJXX	Jacksonville, Brunswick	FL	5:00 AM	ET	12-Apr
KCRG	Cedar Rapids-Waterloo&Dubq	IA	5:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
WCVB	Boston Area	MA	5:00 AM	ET	12-Apr
KSTP	Minneapolis-St. Paul	MN	5:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
KMIZ	Columbia-Jefferson City	MO	5:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
KSVI	Billings	MT	5:00 AM	MT	12-Apr
KBMY	Minot-Bismarck-Dickinson	ND	5:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
WDAY	Fargo-Valley City	ND	5:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
WMUR	Manchester, Boston	NH, MA	5:00 AM	ET	12-Apr
WOLO	Columbia, SC	SC	5:00 AM	ET	12-Apr
KSAT	San Antonio	TX	5:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
WFAA	Dallas-Ft. Worth	TX	5:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
KOMO	Seattle-Tacoma	WA	5:00 AM	PT	12-Apr
WNCF	Montgomery	AL	5:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WTVO	Rockford	IL	5:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WTVD	Raleigh-Durham	NC	5:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
KERO	Bakersfield	CA	6:00 AM	PT	12-Apr
KEYT	Santa Barbara-SanMar-SanLuOb	CA	6:00 AM	PT	12-Apr
WSIL	Paducah-C.Gird-Harbg-Mt VN	IL, KY, MO	6:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
WJRT	Flint-Saginaw-Bay City	MI	6:00 AM	ET	12-Apr
WEWS	Cleveland	OH	6:00 AM	ET	12-Apr
KAPP	Yakima-Pasco-Rchlnd-Knnwck	WA	6:00 AM	PT	12-Apr
KXLY	Spokane	WA	6:00 AM	PT	12-Apr
KTWO	Casper-Riverton	WY	6:00 AM	MT	12-Apr
EBOY	Clarksburg-Weston	WV	7:00 AM	ET	12-Apr
KTXS	Abilene-Sweetwater	TX	10:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
S-KTXE	San Angelo	TX	10:00 AM	CT	12-Apr
WAAY	Huntsville-Decatur,Flor	AL	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WEAR	Mobile-Pensacola	AL, FL	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KHBS	Ft. Smith	AR	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KAQY	Monroe-El Dorado	AR, LA	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WQAD	Davenport-R.Island-Moline	IA, IL	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KTVO	Ottumwa-Kirksville	IA, IL, MO	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WQAD	Davenport-R.Island-Moline	IL, IA	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KATC	Lafayette, LA	LA	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KLAX	Alexandria, LA	LA	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KTBS	Shreveport	LA	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WBRZ	Baton Rouge	LA	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KAQY	Monroe-El Dorado	LA, AR	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WTOK	Meridian	LA, MS	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WABG	Greenwood-Greenville	MS	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WKDH	Columbus-Tupelo-West Point	MS	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KAMC	Lubbock	TX	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KAVU	Victoria	TX	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KMID	Odessa-Midland	TX	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
KXXV	Waco-Temple-Bryan	TX	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
WKOW	Madison	WI	10:30 AM	CT	12-Apr
ZFB	HAMILTON - BERMUDA	BERMUDA	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WTNH	Hartford & New Haven	CT	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WJLA	Washington, DC, Hagerstown	DC, VA	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WFTV	Orlando-Daytona Bch-Melbourne	FL	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WPLG	Miami-Ft. Lauderdale	FL	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WZVN	Ft. Myers-Naples	FL	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WPGA	Macon	GA	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WTVM	Columbus, GA	GA	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WJCL	Savannah	GA, SC	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
KTGM	GUAM	GUAM	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WTVQ	Lexington	KY	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WMAR	Baltimore	MD	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WMDT	Salisbury, MD	MD, PA	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WXYZ	Detroit, Southfield	MI	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WCTI	Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn	NC	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WLQP	Lima	OH	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WHTM	Harrisburg-Lncstr-Leb-York	PA	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WJET	Erie	PA	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WPRU	Puerto Rico	PUERTO RICO	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WPDE	Florence-Myrtle Beach	SC	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WTVC	Chattanooga	TN	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WKPT	Tri-Cities, TN-VA, Kingsport	TN,	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
WHSV	Harrisonburg	VA, WV	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
GTRF	Wheeling-Steubenville	WV, OH	11:30 AM	ET	12-Apr
NECY	Yuma-El Centro	AZ, CA	3:00 PM	MT	12-Apr
KIFI	Idaho Falls-Pocatello	ID	4:00 PM	MT	12-Apr
KOTA	Rapid City	MT,NE, SD, WY	5:00 PM	MT	12-Apr
WLOX	Biloxi-Gulfport	MS	1:30 AM	CT	13-Apr
WAPT	Jackson, MS	MS	1:35 AM	CT	13-Apr
WLS	Chicago	IL	2:00 AM	CT	13-Apr
KMBC	Kansas City	MO	2:00 AM	CT	13-Apr
WFTS	Tampa-St. Pete,Sarasota	FL	2:05 AM	ET	13-Apr
WLOS	Greenvll-Spartanbg-Ashevlle	NC, SC	2:05 AM	ET	13-Apr
KLTV	Tyler-Longview(Lfkn&Ncgd)	TX	2:10 AM	CT	13-Apr
KMGH	Denver	CO	3:05 AM	MT	13-Apr
WYTV	Youngstown	OH	3:05 AM	ET	18-Apr
KTKA	Topeka	KS	12:30 PM	CT	18-Apr
WPBF	West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce	FL	1:00 PM	ET	18-Apr
WXLV	Greensboro-H.Point-W.Salem	NC	1:30 PM	ET	18-Apr
KVII	Amarillo	TX	4:30 AM	CT	19-Apr
WABC	New York	NY, NJ, CT	5:00 AM	ET	19-Apr
WSET	Roanoke-Lynchburg	VA	6:00 AM	ET	19-Apr
WWSB	Tampa-St. Pete,Sarasota	FL	6:30 AM	ET	19-Apr
WTXL	Tallahassee-Thomasville	FL, GA	10:30 AM	ET	19-Apr