The term “Good” as applied to Good Friday is an Old English expression meaning holy. It’s often called Holy Friday also. But in another sense, Good Friday is always tied to Easter Sunday, which is a ...

After all, the crown of thorns is one of Christianity's most instantly recognizable symbols, after Jesus on the cross. So people were torn over the move to wear an image connecting him so ...

The treasury of Switzerland's Abbey of Saint Maurice is filled with centuries of artifacts, including a reliquary containing a thorn from the crown of Jesus Christ.

For the 48th year, Catholic devotees marched during the annual “Via Crucis: Living Way of the Cross,” a Good Friday tradition ...

Today (18 March) marks Ruben's 36th time being impaled on a cross as part of the brutal crucifixion reenactment, as he didn't ...

By Steve Sticker Columnist Lent, April 2025, ongoing restoration by a team of 50 scientists of the Church of the Holy ...

Ruben Enaje, 64, is seen alongside two other devotees nailed to wooden crosses in front of huge crowds in the village of San ...

For some, navigating the smooth, slippery stones and labyrinthine streets of the Old City between each Station of the Cross isn't enough ... is selling crowns of thorns, in a stack so high ...