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

Pope Francis said that the Catholic Church is ready to accept a single date for all Christians to celebrate Easter.

Prince William and their children will not be attending Easter Sunday church with the royal family this year. Following the news that the Princess of Wales, 42, is undergoing cancer treatment ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

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

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

As spring approaches so does Ash Wednesday, Lent and Easter Sunday. Here's when all three happen and where you can find ...

or eight weeks after Easter Sunday; so that there are fourteen weeks in which one may comply with the command of the Church to receive Holy Communion between the first Sunday of Lent and Trinity ...

The reading from the Apostle Paul concerns the living out of the paschal mystery in the Church” (99 ... reading from John’s Gospel for this Easter Sunday we are told that Mary Magdalene ...

Easter is celebrated between March 21 and April 25. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, the holiday can be celebrated between April 4 and May 8. The date is set on the first Sunday following the first ...