I began Holy Week in a Cairo mosque after a memorial service. Meeting my extended relatives, I thought about how a father's ...

They say, though I’m not exactly sure who “they” are, that the joy of Easter is heightened by walking the walk of Jesus ...

Syria, Christians filled churches during Holy Week, defying fears of jihadist attacks. Under the protection of armed police ...

The majority of Christians have just come through the Lenten season to celebrate Easter. The liturgical calendar of our Orthodox siblings is slightly ... The church slows the time even more in the ...

Christians from around the world prayed for Pope Francis at a solemn Mass on Wednesday at Jerusalem's centuries-old Church of the Holy Sepulchre following the pontiff's passing this week.

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as he recovered from a five-week hospitalization for double pneumonia.

The pews of the St. Catherine Church in Bethlehem were full and it was standing room only, as parishioners dressed in colorful Easter finery filled in for the Easter ...

Earlier in the week, the Latin Patriarchate of ... Hawa said they had opted to spend Easter Sunday in Bethlehem rather than at the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem after trying to attend the Orthodox Holy ...

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches ... Days before his five-week hospitalization, Pope Francis referred to this year’s Easter celebration while ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A Christian pilgrim rests her head while praying ...

"For me, it's very easy," he said. When it comes to Holy Week, which began April 13 with Palm Sunday and concludes Sunday with Easter (Pascha for the Orthodox Church), Tuda said planning is helped ...

Orthodox Easter is associated primarily with the ... After Lent comes Palm Sunday, which is the first day of Holy week and marks one week before Easter and the final week of Christ's life before ...