For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the churches celebrate ...

Lent is underway, and the 6-week countdown to Easter Sunday has begun. Here's what we know about Easter, Lent's start and end, Maundy Thursday, celebrating Good Friday and more in 2026: When is Easter ...

COMMENTARY: The Council of Nicaea gave Christianity more than a creed — it gave the Church a way to calculate Easter. But unity around the great feast of the Resurrection remains incomplete. Pope ...

The Orthodox and Catholic Churches have a united celebration in 2025, for the first time in eight years. Father John Basarab, pastor of Epiphany of Our Lord Byzantine Catholic Church, celebrates ...

Easter Sunday is less than a week away, and the time for hiding eggs and filling baskets is nearly here. Here's what we know about Easter, Lent's end, Holy Week, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and more ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... At St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in West Baltimore, the pastor’s message on Easter was to be familiar, but with an added twist: The resurrection of Christ ...

The Easter season begins just days after Valentine's Day. It may feel like it's too soon, but Mardi Gras arrives Tuesday, Feb. 17, and Lent begins the following day with Ash Wednesday, marking the ...

Ash Wednesday marks the start of the Lenten season on the Christian calendar. It symbolizes 40 days of reflection and leads up to Easter 2026. The Lenten season lasts from Feb. 18 to April 2. Easter ...

A butter lamb has taken center stage on my family’s Easter table for as long as I can remember. Tiffany Stayer Each year at Easter, my family in Western New York continues our longstanding routine.

Easter runs early in 2026 due to the calendar system. On the Gregorian calendar, used by most Christian denominations, Easter typically falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following ...