Ash Wednesday falls on Wednesday, March 5 this year. In Western churches, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a period ...

Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of ...

Easter is fast approaching. Here's a look at why the date of Easter changes every year and what to know about the holiday.

This is just the beginning of the 46 days until Easter Sunday. As the holy days fall on a different date each year, here are ...

the following events in the week before Easter are the same, east and west, relative to the date of Easter: • Palm Sunday (or Passion Sunday), the entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem. • Holy ...

Lent ends with Holy Week and Easter Sunday, an important day in the Christian calendar that honors the life, death and ...

Easter is a few months away, but several other religious holidays, like Ash Wednesday, are coming up. Here's when Fat Tuesday ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

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

Listed by UNESCO as Intangible World Heritage, the country's Holy Week is one of the world’s most exuberant Easter ...

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

For most schools in England, the Easter holidays in 2025 will be from Monday, April 7 to Monday, April 21. However, dates may ...