These graphics explain why Easter Sunday changes each year based on ancient interpretations of the solar and lunar cycles.

Father Frans Bouwen, a leading voice in ecumenical dialogue, holds that “there are no real theological reasons” to justify ...

The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are ...

Easter 2025 will be celebrated on April 20, but the date isn’t fixed. It is determined using a centuries-old formula tied to ...

Easter Sunday, the most important holiday in the Christian religion, and 4/20, the unofficial holiday for marijuana ...

Good Friday and Easter mark Jesus Christ's crucifixion and resurrection – Mourning on Friday with joyful celebration on ...

Holy Week unfolds for Christians with dates that vary from year to year. The purpose for the days observed by the faithful ...

Lent, the 40-day period of prayer and fasting before Easter, ends this Thursday, April 17, 2025. Holy Week, the most ...

And this formula relies on Julian calendar dates. It uses a fixed date for the vernal equinox of March 21 on the Julian ...

This year is a year full of signs of Christian unity, even in the midst of great divisions and breaches in unity culturally and politically. Although ...

The least common dates are March 22 and 24, tied with nine instances apiece. Eastern Orthodox churches use the Julian calendar, which can place the date of Easter anywhere between April 4 and ...

The date of Easter changes each year and is determined by the lunar calendar. Passover and Easter are both religious holidays that can occur in March or April. This year, the first full moon after ...