While most of the holidays are celebrated on fixed dates each year Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full ...

In an increasingly polarized world, we would all do well to reflect on and learn from our diverse religious traditions ...

Manila (AsiaNews) – From the “journey of the Cross” to the votive pilgrimage that retraces the last hours of Jesus' earthly ...

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

What is the meaning of the egg? What is the meaning of the sprig of parsley? Of the flat bread called matza? What is a symbol ...

For Christians, Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the days before Easter commemorating events in the last days of Jesus Christ’s life. The Scriptures say that on Palm Sunday, Jesus rode into ...

The diverse Indonesian society embraces Easter with its own distinctive traditions, from Buha-Buha Ijuk in North Sumatra to ...

In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in white tunics gather at the DSK Mariam Church to chant and pray in an ...

The Diocese of Baton Rouge has events planned for the holiday weekend for its faith community to celebrate Good Friday and ...

A butter lamb has taken center stage on my family’s Easter table for as long as I can remember. Each year at Easter, my ...

Traditionally, families across Greece dye eggs red on Holy Thursday in anticipation of Greek Easter in a beloved tradition in ...