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

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Easter is all about rebirth and renewal. The religious celebration is centred around the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, while adjacent Pagan festivals such as May Day celebrate the ...

Listed by UNESCO as Intangible World Heritage, the country's Holy Week is one of the world’s most exuberant Easter celebrations — here’s what you can expect.

Historic Braga is fast becoming an arts epicentre, with their efforts rewarded by being crowned the Portuguese Capital of ...

Lynelle Sweat Mason passed away on February 11, 2025, after a sudden abdominal aneurysm, just short of her 94 th birthday.

ligularis), and other more locally grown species. The name 'passion flower' refers to the passion of Jesus and the genus therefore has a particular relevance at Easter. Spanish Christian missionaries ...

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“A mother’s love,” Rubin says, “came to express the core of the religious story ... by with flashing colored lights, artificial flowers, and statues of the Virgin wobbling in the ...

She was also a skilled cook and baker who we remember especially for her homemade pizza, spinach pies, Easter breads and ... invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial on Friday, January 24 ...