Catholic and Orthodox — fall on the same date, April 20, due to the alignment of the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, falls on April 18, 2025. The holiday remembers the day that Jesus Christ suffered and ...

That brings us to 2025, which will see a remarkable coincidence: Both the Eastern and Western will hold Easter on the same ...

It’s officially Chocolate Easter Egg season. Production is underway at Seven Sorrows Catholic Church in Middletown, Dauphin ...

The countdown to the Orthodox Easter is set to begin on March 3, when Greece celebrates “Kathara Deftera,” Greek for “Clean ...

If Jordan area residents want to hunt for Easter eggs this year, they will need to go somewhere besides Lagoon Park. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, which has run the annual Easter egg hunt for ...

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has recommenced an independent, impartial, free and fair investigation into the Easter Sunday attacks which was ...

Pope Francis is currently receiving treatment in a hospital in Rome, according to the Vatican’s announcement on Friday. Find ...

The observance marks the start of lent, the season leading up to Easter; it's is one of five key periods on the Catholic liturgical calendar, along with Advent, Christmas, Easter, and Ordinary ...

Despite the apparent uptick, however, a return to 2019 levels still means only a quarter of U.S. Catholics attend Mass weekly ...

Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.

Lent ends with Holy Week and Easter Sunday, an important day in the Christian calendar ... according to the United States ...