York Minster has today announced its programme of services, events and activities to mark Lent, Holy Week and Easter 2025.

Lent has a single focus and makes singular demands. Three books explore this focus and offer resources to meet the claims the ...

Everyone knows the Easter Bunny, but how much do you really know about the famous rabbit that became the symbol for ...

What is Shrove Tuesday and when is it celebrated? - Butter your frying pans because Pancake Day is nearly upon us ...

Similar to Christmas, Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday has Christian origins. Religiously speaking, Shrove Tuesday is a day of ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early ...

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

Lent (a season of spiritual renewal) came early this year. Tony Campolo tells a parable of a boring, little town that decided to hold a footrace. One man fell to his knees, crying, ‘I have crossed the ...

WHAT is the point of a Lent book? I suppose there is more than one answer to that: to quicken the soul, to awaken the ...

Traditional Lent groups start the week after Ash Wednesday, and take place in the evening. This may be best for your ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. As about 62 percent of the population is Roman Catholic, Holy Week masses are often attended on Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, ...