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

In the mainly Christian Palestinian town of Zababdeh, the runup to Easter has been overshadowed by nearby Israeli military ...

Holy Week is the holiest week of the Greek Orthodox Church, symbolizing the passion, death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Palestinians trying to access Christianity's holiest sites in the Old City of Jerusalem face restrictions and hostility ...

A hospital in Gaza was intentionally hit by the Israeli military on Palm Sunday, prompting widespread condemnations from ...

Christians in the Holy Land not only have the right but also the duty to celebrate Easter despite all the difficulties and ...

Volunteers from the Religious Freedom Data Center accompany Armenian, Latin, clerics to and from Church of Holy Sepulchre during their annual holy week ritual ...

The Israeli bombing of Gaza’s Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, especially on Palm Sunday, has ignited widespread condemnation from ...

Thousands of Christians gathered in Qaraqosh, Iraq, to welcome Christ as king and prince of peace as Holy Week began for ...

People look on April 17, 2025, at the site where Palestinian Ghassan Asaliya, his wife and all their 5 children were killed in a tent during an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the ...

Christians in the West Bank and Palestinian territories where Jesus lived, preached the Gospel and died will be observing a subdued Easter due to the ongoing conflict and displacement this year.

JERUSALEM (OSV News) – For the second year in a row, few foreign pilgrims were in attendance at the traditional Palm Sunday ...