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But when exactly Easter Sunday occurs during the season changes each year. In 2025, the holiday is April 20, which is one of ...

Christians and other religious minorities in Syria are sounding the alarm as more than 1,000 people have been killed since ...

For the past year, the palms Rev. Robin Dodge and his family used in last year’s Palm Sunday procession sat next to two holy ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent for many Christian denominations. Here's the meaning behind one of the holiest observances in the faith.

Orthodox Christians entered the period of Great Lent, a time of preparation for the feast of Easter, which, according to the ...

In the west, Ash Wednesday opens the holiday. In Eastern Orthodox churches, Lent begins on the Monday seven weeks before Easter and Ash Wednesday is not observed. Today, Christians use the holiday ...

Maaloula is one of the world's few places where residents still speak Aramaic, the language that Jesus is believed to have used. The town is also home to Syria's two oldest active monasteries. But ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. For the most part, it is Christians in the Serbian Orthodox Church who celebrate Christmas in Kosovo, but there are also some Roman ...

Celebrations continue through until 6 January which marks the date for orthodox Christmas or the Feast of the Epiphany for non-Orthodox Christians. During these celebrations there are two very special ...

His Christmas improvement — “a big ... “holiday” songs certainly dominate in some, while orthodox hymns set the tone for others. All in all, the existing shows seem mostly innocuous, maybe even ...

The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar ... falls on the first full moon after the spring equinox. “While Christmas is fixed to a solar calendar (and near the winter solstice ...