As Easter approaches, it is important to remember what Easter is, as well as how and why people celebrate it throughout the ...

Easter arrives with blooming flowers and pastel-colored baskets. But for Christians, it is the day to put extra emphasis on the foundation of the faith — the resurrection ...

Easter brings eggs and pastels, but what’s the meaning behind the holiday — and the other springtime religious observances?

The Nicene Creed, which emerged from the Council of Nicaea, remains a foundational declaration of Christian faith today ... of observing different Easter traditions in their family.

For many Christian denominations, Easter is the joyful conclusion to the Lenten season of devoted prayer, fasting and penitence. Easter is, by modern definition, an annual Christian festival in ...

Easter is considered to be the most important season of the Christian year. In some countries, Easter is called “Pascha,” which comes from the Hebrew word for Passover. The Jewish holiday of ...

English Heritage has claimed that Easter was not originally Christian. The charity is accused of “whitewashing” the holiday by claiming its roots lie in a pagan festival celebrating the start ...