The days of the Holy Week have not changed in recent tradition: Easter always falls on a Sunday, and the standard definition ...

The word is derived from the Greek words meaning “initiation into hidden things.” ...

Christians today celebrate their holiest day, Easter Sunday, which commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Easter has long been a mix of the secular and the sacred, of candy ...

Easter for faithful Christians is not ... in order to commemorate the start of a new creation, which began with Jesus’ resurrection early on Sunday morning. God’s day was thus recalibrated ...

Jesus was put to death on what is now Good Friday, and rose again on the third day – which today is celebrated as Easter Sunday. Yet the grander meaning of the resurrection, which is recorded in ...

Christians believe Easter is the day Jesus Christ, the Messiah, rose from the dead. Easter occurs on the first Sunday after a full moon in Spring. This is because the Bible, which Christians ...

Easter 2025 happens to fall on a day with an unusual number of historical tragedies including the Columbine High School ...

Easter Sunday has become a day of celebration for millions of people worldwide. Here's what to know about the Christian holiday's origin.

Christians around the world celebrate Easter on Sunday, April 20 ... Easter celebrates the astounding claim that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead. Executed on Good Friday, he lay in a ...

Jesus reassured them and restored their hope.” He added that Easter ... will be held Sunday through April 26, a week set aside by Orthodox Christians for the celebration of the resurrection.

If you flip a few pages from the end of the Gospels into Acts, you’ll discover that by verse 9 of chapter one, Jesus is not only resurrected — he’s ascended into heaven, where he (as Paul later writes ...

This weekend, Christians around the world will be celebrating Easter, remembering the death and resurrection ... on Easter Sunday, it’s claimed Jesus physically rose from the dead to prove ...