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

Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his resurrection. After sunset, the Easter Vigil is often celebrated it is a a ...

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 ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, an important time for Christians leading up to Easter. Here's what to know.

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 ...

The date of this spring holiday is not as random as you might think. The post Why Does Easter Fall on a Different Sunday ...

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 ...

Pope Francis reaffirms Catholic Church's willingness to accept a common date for Easter in the West and East, highlighting ...

Old cases are revived, but arrests seen as witch-hunt and hurried moves; Govt. leaders react to Yoshitha’s release on bail, vow to pursue the cases; Yoshitha relates his remand ...

It’s the resurrection and its power we celebrate each Easter Sunday. Is the resurrection based ... And if that happened Jesus deserves to be worshipped as Lord, as he has defeated our universal ...