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

Pope Francis has renewed his proposal for the Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church to have a common date to celebrate Holy ...

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the 40-day period in which Christians worldwide observe a period of reflection, prayer ...

For most schools in England, the Easter holidays in 2025 will be from Monday, April 7 to Monday, April 21. However, dates may ...

Good Friday may be one of the many holidays that occurs during Holy Week (along with Easter ... Good Friday is one of those holidays that never has the same calendar date every year. Just like how ...

Listed by UNESCO as Intangible World Heritage, the country's Holy Week is one of the world’s most exuberant Easter ...

Resort lodging is always a tricky business. This weekend, for instance, promises to be interesting with forecast frigid temperatures colliding with the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday weekend. Overall, ...

Easter is a Christian holiday celebrated to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ at the end of Holy Week. After his crucifixion ... 5 based on the Gregorian calendar and April 12 based ...

The date of Easter here is calculated using a modified Julian calendar versus the Gregorian calendar observed ... The most celebrated of the Holy Week, Easter Sunday is a feast of lamb served in ...

Holding tridents, swords, spears and small two-headed drums, ash-smeared Hindu holy men marched and rode chariots at sunrise toward the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati ...

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, ...