Many county offices and services will be closed to observe the state holiday, Good Friday, on April 18. The Christian holiday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus and always falls on the Friday ...

After a two-year absence, the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue has returned to St. Luke’s Hospital–Sacred Heart in Allentown.

A Good Friday moment and Easter’s promise Mary Katherine Breland lives in Los Angeles, but said she attended this church because it reminded her of communities in Alabama where she grew up.

A meaningful tradition of faith and remembrance continued in Gordon this Good Friday, as Simpson United Methodist Church held its 47th annual “Jesus Christ's Trek of the Cross.” Dozens gathered to ...

More than 100 people from area churches made their way through downtown Harrisonburg on Friday afternoon during the 38th annual ecumenical downtown prayer walk, in which attendees observed the events ...

In the heritage town of Argao's Good Friday procession, the controversial La Muerte image, a skeletal reminder of mortality, faces church opposition while drawing a devoted following CEBU ...

The procession has taken place each Good Friday for 2-thousand years, drawing thousands of people. The Way of the Cross is one of several rituals that take place in the days surrounding Easter.

Scripture says Jesus hung on the cross from noon to 3 p.m., before drawing his last breath. A day of mourning, prayer and fasting, Christians often use the three hours of Jesus' time spent on the ...

This Good Friday, why not take the time to pause and consider the pain, but also the joy and inspiration, that are so central to the story of Jesus. This can be done perhaps best in a silent church ...