Yet the Christian understanding of resurrection was taken to an unprecedented degree in the decades following Jesus’ death. According to Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus, a Jew from Galilee, entered ...

While the timing of the observance varies, depending on the calendar used — Georgian or Julian — the resurrection of Jesus Christ remains one of the fundamental tenets of the Christian ...

The essence of Easter’s celebration of the Resurrection is that Christianity’s founder, Jesus, is still alive, having overcome death. No Jew ever believed that, after Abraham died and was ...

Easter for faithful Christians is not about bunnies and the bloom of spring. It is about the resurrection of Jesus Christ as something infinitely greater. How important is it? In what is likely ...

Christians today celebrate their holiest day, Easter Sunday, which commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Easter has long been a mix of the secular and the sacred, of candy ...

For Christians, Easter is the most important festival and the one celebrated with the greatest joy because it marks the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The Easter message by Bishop Mark L.

It has never been easy to proclaim the resurrection. Never ... On Friday, we walk the Stations of the Cross — mapping Jesus’s journey through cruelty, suffering and death onto the cruelty ...

It is simply the perfect time for Christians everywhere to remember and celebrate the great Feast of Easter, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is the Feast of Easter that surpasses all others ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. This year, Lent begins on March 5 and ends on April 17. Lent is 40 days ...