This is because of Jesus’ death on the cross on Easter Sunday. “Easter is a time that Christians celebrate the fact that by rising from the dead, Jesus Christ has basically conquered death so ...

one organizer of the Living Stations of the Cross. “Jesus knew Thursday night years ago, what he would be facing today.” One man who attended the event, Bobby Skeen said Easter is about more ...

Easter is a reminder of the love Jesus ... The Good Friday service at FUMC talked about Jesus’ hanging on the cross and the women standing off to the side. “The last people he saw were the ...

Common modern traditions on Good Friday — which occurs on the Friday before Easter — include fasting and eating hot cross buns. Many religious figures blame the Church for not doing enough to ...

The events of the stations of the cross followed, ultimately leading to the crucifixion of Jesus. Jesus was then buried in a tomb. And on the final day (Easter Sunday), Jesus' tomb was found empty.

On Friday, Christians around the world commemorate with prayers and fasting the death of Jesus Christ days before the arrival of Easter and the ... he hung on a wooden cross outside the city ...

LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church hosted its annual Stations of the Cross journey on Friday, ahead of Easter weekend. The annual event gives Lubbock a chance to remember and ...

On Easter Sunday at two local Episcopalian Churches, the cross will be transformed from a symbol of death to a sign of life and bells will ring out during the choruses of alleluias. “On Good ...

However, encountering Jesus through His Cross leads us to share in His Resurrection. May our celebration of Holy Week be so blessed, leading to a truly new experience of Easter!

But we should not rush too quickly to the happy ending that impends on Easter morning. We should sit with the suffering and the abandonment of the cross, with the rejection of all that Jesus ...

In the Orthodox tradition, eggs are painted red to symbolize the blood Jesus shed on the cross, per Britannica. The first Easter egg hunt is believed to have taken place in Germany around the 17th ...