Good Friday is celebrated on the Friday before Easter and marks the day Jesus was crucified and died. This year, it is ...

As Lent wraps up, Holy Week continues through Easter Sunday. See the meaning of Good Friday and why people fast after Maundy ...

A religious studies scholar reveals the complicated origins of Easter and how this holiday has evolved over the centuries.

Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on the same date, Sunday, April 20. This coincidence last occurred in 2017 and will next happen in 2028. Both churches follow the same guiding ...

The day includes feasting and celebration as people participate in religious services, decorate and exchange of Easter eggs, ...

Stock markets will be closed on Good Friday, just ahead of Easter Sunday. Easter falls late this year, on April 20. The ...

Good Friday falls on April 18 this year. It occurs a few days before Easter, prompting questions about if the United States ...

According to the Farmer's Almanac, Easter is a movable feast. With the Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated between March 21 and April 25. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, which uses the Julian ...

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

If you just need a last-minute item, or you always do your shopping on Sunday, you need to know how the holiday impacts ...

Heat? Humidity? Rain? Cold? Snow? Given the nature and variability of when the Easter Holiday can fall over the course of the spring season, our region has seen it all throughout the years.

Easter marks the start of spring, the triumph of life and renewal and is a time of festivities and tradition in Estonia.