The scent of herbs and flowers filled St. Elias the Prophet Orthodox Church on Saturday morning as the priest scattered roses and bay leaves throughout the sanctuary. The church’s youngest congregants ...

The tradition of the "Flying Priest" from the island of Chios, which occurs on Holy Saturday, has now spread throughout ...

Jesus paid a debt he didn’t owe for those who owed a debt they couldn’t pay. That’s why it’s called Good Friday — but without ...

Religious leaders have delivered their traditional Easter messages.

Parishioners crowded into Notre Dame Roman Catholic Church in Selkirk, Man., spilling into an overflow section, before ...

World leaders are paying tribute with the Taoiseach saying Francis’s papacy was marked by a commitment to ‘compassion, peace, ...

This Thought for the Week is published in the week Orthodox Christians call The Great Week – and in the west, Holy Week.

Kasia Strek Volunteers from Ukraine and Poland cover a medieval wooden cross on the patio of ... golden-crowned Christ the Sovereign. Other icons portray saints, the Last Supper, the Ascension ...

The hope Christians have is not a sign of avoiding reality but of trusting in the power of God to defeat sin and death as the ...

Christian belief is that Good Friday recalls the ultimate act of love, sacrifice, and redemption as Jesus, the Son of God, ...