An Oklahoma City church had an outdoor Easter worship service in 2021 that was so popular that the house of worship will host a similar service on Sunday. Putnam City Baptist Church's "Easter Outdoors ...

A celebration of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday as part of the Holy Week, at St Peter's Basilica on April 18, 2025. A celebration of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday as part of the Holy ...

While the Easter Bunny has become the cultural mascot of the holiday, some local educators are hoping that by planting the seeds early, children will grow up not only knowing the Christian meaning ...

The importance of Easter to Christians cannot be understated. After all, the festival commemorates the day that Jesus rose from the dead, conquering death and offering eternal salvation to all for all ...

It was about this time last year that I tried thinking of a different way to teach Sunday school youngsters the spiritual meaning of Easter. I ruled out Easter eggs, because of the many ads that imply ...

This week, Christians give special remembrance to the final events of Jesus’s life. Called Holy Week, the period begins with Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday, includes the institution ...

Easter is fast approaching. For Christians, it's a time to celebrate their belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ. For non-Christians, it's a time to hunt for colorful eggs left by the Easter ...

Flowers are springing up, birds are singing, and all around us, we sense that we’re finally crawling out of the gloom of the deadly global pandemic. We have lost loved ones, income, businesses, and ...

"They have taken my Lord away," says a tearful Mary Magdalene, "and I do not know where they have laid him." Mary utters some version of this lament three times in the Easter Sunday reading from John.

Years from now nobody’s going to watch “Easter Sunday” for lessons in how to frame and cut visual comedy, or the right number of dumbstruck OMG! reaction shots (the film’s got a million of ’em). And ...

Why does Easter change every year? The calendar date for Easter changes from year to year because the religious holiday is generally observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon that follows ...

“In Easter island …the shadows of the departed builders still possess the land…the whole air vibrates with a past purpose and energy which has been and is no more. What was not? Why was it?” ...