Easter is later than usual this year because of the way Christians calculate the timing of the holiday. The holiday with ...

Here's what you need to know about Easter 2025. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, which falls on Wednesday, March 5 this year.

WITH Valentine’s Day out of the way, revellers have already set their sights on the next big celebration – Pancake Day.

How is Easter celebrated in Ghana? Discover the unique traditions, cultural festivities, and special customs that make this ...

This year, the Jewish holiday of Passover begins before sundown on Saturday, April 12, 2025, and ends after nightfall on Sunday, April 20. The eight-day Jewish holiday of Passover commemorates the ...

Ash Wednesday, a holiday in which those practicing receive ash on their foreheads in the shape of a cross, will take place ...

Easter Sunday may still be more than two months away, but the Easter season kicks off in less than a month with the arrival ...

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, falls on April 18, 2025. The holiday remembers the day that Jesus Christ suffered and ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

When determining the date of Easter, the church uses what’s known as “ecclesiastical dates,” with the spring equinox always ...

Catholic and Orthodox — fall on the same date, April 20, due to the alignment of the Julian and Gregorian calendars.