According to the Farmer's Almanac, Easter is a movable feast. With the Gregorian calendar, it is celebrated between March 21 and April 25. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, which uses the Julian ...

This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when ...

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

S ome years seem to zip by in the blink of an eye, while others seem to drag on for far longer. But some, like leap years, ...

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

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

For Pope Francis, the answer is clear: “Easter belongs to Christ!” the pontiff declared in September 2024, when he met with representatives of the Pasqua Together 2025 Initiative, an assemblage of ...

Holy Week kicked off this week with Palm Sunday on April 13. Here's the remaining significant dates for the week until Sunday ...

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 Catholic and Protestant ...

Christians around the world will celebrate on the same day this year, a relative rarity. Pope Francis would like to make it ...

The simplest way to explain why Easter falls on a different date each year is this: It falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that follows the spring equinox.