Pope Leo XIV urges a common Easter date for Catholics and Orthodox at a Vatican symposium marking 1,700 years since the ...

Easter is considered the holiest holiday of the year and always takes place three days after Holy Thursday, which lands on April 17, 2025. Unlike other dates on the liturgical calendar ...

Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, Easter marks the end of the Holy Lent season, a period of reflection and penance that begins on Ash Wednesday and extends till the Holy Saturday. As per ...

The Malta Independent looks at how nearly Christians marked the occasion and how festivities evolved over time Easter Sunday stands as the pinnacle of the Christian liturgical calendar ...

The holiday is one of several "moveable feasts" in the liturgical year ... Since Western Christianity uses the Gregorian calendar, Easter typically falls on a Sunday between March 22 and ...

Lent, a 40-day season in the Christian liturgical calendar, is a time that members of multiple denominations participate in reflection, giving up vices and even fasting in preparation for Easter.

Today, on the eve of Easter Monday, we tell you what this celebration consists of, which, although it is important in the Christian calendar, is not considered a liturgical feast Easter Monday ...