The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

Let us meditate upon the resurrection of Christ and discover the pathway of light that Christ blazes through our lives. "The angel of the Lord said to the women: 'Do not be afraid! I know that you ...

During an ecumenical prayer service at St. Paul Outside the Walls to mark the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, ...

Before the Council of Nicaea in 325, different Christian communities celebrated Easter on ... but the Lord comes to us," he ...

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and ...

At this Mass, the bishop washes the feet of twelve priests to symbolize Christ’s washing of his twelve Apostles, our ... Easter Vigil celebrates and proclaims the Resurrection of the Lord ...

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord ... that on Easter Sunday morning the tomb was found empty. The question is this: Is Jesus alive in you? Has His resurrection ...

The fifth mystery is depicted in art by the 19th-century British pre-Raphaelite painter, William Holman Hunt. Most people ...

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

The miraculous tearing of that thick curtain has significant meaning since, upon His death and subsequent Resurrection ... (Numbers 20:1-13). Our lesson: If the Lord gives you specific ...

Although the feasts of February 2 and March 25 were "lost" when their titles were transferred to feasts of Our Lord, in reality these two feasts ... one each for the seasons of Advent, Christmas and ...