Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

Of all the holidays celebrated in a year, Publix is only closed for three of them: Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day ... to the Lenten season of devoted prayer, fasting and penitence.

Of all the holidays celebrated in a year, Publix is only closed for three of them: Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas Day ... the Lenten season of devoted prayer, fasting and penitence.

Hence, Orthodox Christmas and Easter come after the Catholic ... a common Easter offers opportunities for joint prayers and processions. Even if the Orthodox would not attend Catholic Mass ...

Pope Francis called to check in on a Christian congregation in Gaza sheltering at their church almost every night since the ...

Lent, the 40-day period of prayer and fasting before Easter ... in 312 A.D. and 11 years before the first recorded Christian Christmas (Dec. 25, 336 A.D.). “By 325, the Council of Nicea ...

Church services, reflection and prayer are some ways that people observe ... according to the History Channel. In Eastern Orthodox Christianity, the date of Easter also varies.