Easter –– brings thoughts of new life, springtime, of freshness, of the Resurrection. This is not only a day –– not only a few weeks on the Church calendar –– but, for Christians, a way of life.

P alm Sunday has the stuff that makes children's church programs so fun: palm branches, singing and shouting, a donkey and ...

The Easter season begins for many Christians with Lent leading up to Holy Week and the celebration of new life on Resurrection Sunday.

This Easter Vigil, the Catholic Church in England is expecting a decade ... more than the year before. Such levels have not been seen since Pope Benedict XVI allowed groups of Anglican communities ...

Savory versions are also popular, like the Italian torta pasqualina, which I’ve made before at Easter. Packed full ... and the paska is good, then signs for the year ahead are auspicious.

With Easter around the corner ... according to Polk County Property Appraiser records. The church thrived for decades before experiencing a decline in attendance. Burns learned last year from ...

1235 The sign ... of the Church , to which he will be "entrusted" by Baptism. 39 1238 The baptismal water is consecrated by a prayer of epiclesis (either at this moment or at the Easter Vigil).

While Christmas is fixed to the solar calendar (and near the winter solstice), Easter is based on the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar. In Christianity, the Last Supper (the final meal Jesus shared ...

will go before the Plainfield Township Planning Commission on Tuesday seeking approval to rezone a church at 3931 Leland Ave. NE, near the intersection of 4 Mile Road and West River Drive. Keep up ...

What makes the Chris Young song special is he sampled it in front of a live audience BEFORE its release. That’s something he has never done. Keith Urban made a night very special recently for a fan at ...

In Christian communities, it is the season of Lent, a time of somber introspection meant to remind people of their mortality and to prepare for the joy of Easter. The idea of ... the history of the ...