In this combination photo Pope Francis walks past flowers as he celebrates Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 16, 2017, and Members of the Ukrainian community in Sacramento, Calif.

Archaeologists excavating beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem s Old City have uncovered evidence of an ...

Peoria food inspections for February 2025 Lent lasts six weeks leading up to Easter and ends on either, April, 17, 2025; or April 19, 2025. The end date for Lent varies by faith denomination. In some ...

Mor Ignatius Aphrem II, the Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church, led the special ceremony in St Mary’s Syrian Orthodox ...

"The fighting took place in the villages of Latakia, where Alawites coexist with Orthodox Christians. On the road outside the ...

For centuries, churches have used different methods to calculate the date of Easter. Rarely do they coincide. The search for ...

Easter will be observed on Sunday, April 20, 2025. The date is determined as the Sunday following the first full moon after the Spring Equinox. Lent is a period of fasting and reflection that begins ...

Know the dates for the end of Lent, Holy Week and Easter Sunday in 2025. Why does Easter start late this year?

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