Easter is on Sunday, April 20 this year. Last year, it was in March. The reason it changes relates to a full moon.

The First Day of Spring is here and the spring holidays for 2025 are near: Lent, Easter, Good Friday, and Passover dates.

Now that spring has arrived, the Easter bunny can't be far behind. The religious observances of Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter will take place in April this year. Lent started on Ash Wednesday, ...

Easter is usually observed on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25, according to the Almanac. In the Eastern Orthodox Church it can be observed between April 4 and May 8. In 2025 Easter is on Sunday ...

But what is Lent, exactly? At its core, Lent is a solemn season focused on faith and sacrifice. However, there’s much more to ...

We sell our faith short, and so we sell our Lent short. At least I do. I have spent most of my life thinking of the faith as ...

In many traditions, Psalm 51 is included in worship services that begin the season of Lent. Its author acknowledges messy buildup: “I recognize my faults” (v. 3, GNT). The psalmist situates our ...

In a departure from tradition, The White House “is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s Easter Egg Roll,” CNN ...

During Lent and Easter, the Jewish roots of the Sacraments of Initiation—Baptism, Eucharist, Confirmation—come especially visible to me. My prayer is that my work helps other Catholics ...

There were even special rejoicings made on St. Martin's feast, just as we see them practiced now at the approach of Lent and Easter. The obligation of observing this Lent, which, though introduced ...

• This year, as our two spiritual traditions converge in celebrating Ramadan and Lent, we have a unique opportunity to show the world that faith transforms people and societies, and for unity and ...

Weekly sermon summaries for local and area churches.