The days of the Holy Week have not changed in recent tradition: Easter always falls on a Sunday, and the standard definition is that Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full Moon that occurs on ...

Easter 2025 happens to fall on a day with an unusual number of historical tragedies including the Columbine High School ...

Palm Sunday is the first day of the Holy Week and commemorates Jesus' entry to Jerusalem. Holy Thursday is on Thursday, April 17. Holy Thursday, or Maundy Thursday, is the Thursday before Easter ...

Millions of Christians around the world are observing the weeks-long spring tradition, which is practiced in honor of Jesus Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday. When is Easter Sunday this year ...

Christians around the world celebrate Easter on Sunday, April 20 ... Easter celebrates the astounding claim that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. Executed on Good Friday, he lay in a ...

The resurrection came three days later, on the Easter Sunday. The early Christians ... in memory of the passion-death-resurrection of Jesus. However, by the 4th century, Good Friday came to ...

Holy Week started with Palm Sunday April 13. It ends with Easter on April 20. Maundy Thursday marks the day when Jesus celebrate the Passover with his disciples, followed by his arrest in the ...

The Gospel tells us that what is of God will always draw us toward greater unity among all people and creation and of all in ...

Sunday, May 4, is the Third Sunday of Easter. Mass readings ... The Gospel says, “Jesus was standing on the shore; but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. Jesus said to them ...