Why isn’t Easter celebrated on the same day every year? The celebration of Easter is loosely associated with the Jewish ...

Pope Francis has made greater unity with the Orthodox a priority of his pontificate; he has especially expressed his desire ...

Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian church, com­memorates the resurrection of Jesus. It is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date. In AD 325 the church council of ...

Here is a sampling of events across DeKalb County that celebrate both sacred and secular aspects of Easter this year: ...

Easter's date fluctuates as it's determined by the lunar calendar, falling on the Sunday after the first full moon following ...

day and night are almost equal in length — though you might get a few extra minutes depending on where you are. The Northern Hemisphere’s vernal (spring) equinox can fall between March 19 and ...

The Griffith Observatory invited the public to join them on Thursday to welcome the start of spring, also known as the vernal equinox ... On this day, the Earth’s axis is not tilted toward ...

It’s also important astrologically, as the spring equinox coincides with the first day of the Aries season when the sun ingresses into this motivating and moxie-driven fire sign. Aries is ...

Spring is almost here — officially, at least. The vernal equinox ... The word equinox comes from two Latin words meaning equal and night. That’s because on the equinox, day and night last ...