Holy Saturday marks the end of the Lenten season on April 19, it is a time to mourn the death of Jesus and to prepare for his ...

Depending on your faith and what you celebrate, Palm Sunday kicks off spring and all that it entails. The religious holiday, which centers around Jesus Christ and his arrival in Jerusalem, is actually ...

For over a thousand years churches have been burning branches in a special service leading up to the Easter season. On Feb.

M y wife — as usual — understood the situation before I did. The night before, Monday, Jan. 6, we’d both been awoken by the ...

The difference between the Sacraments and the sacramentals is: 1st. The Sacraments were instituted by Jesus Christ and ... strewed palm branches and even their own garments in His path, singing ...

This is the Sunday before Easter and commemorates Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem and it is the last Sunday of Lent. It is a joyful occasion, with the congregation often receiving palm branches ...

For years, still pictures and drama productions have shared the elements of Easter—Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey as the crowd waved palm branches, Jesus sharing The Last Supper with his ...

On Palm Sunday, leafy palm and olive branches are brought to the churches by the people, who then carry them around the church while following an icon of Christ. This is done to recall Jesus’ ...

More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans have filed a federal court lawsuit challenging a Trump administration move giving immigration agents more leeway to ...

The noise coming out of the White House right now is loud—earsplitting, really. President Trump announces sweeping tariffs one day and then calls them off two days later, entirely on his own. He ...

Annamarie read what Jesus told his disciples in John 15:5: “I am the vine, you are the branches.” Jesus went on to say that his disciples would live productive lives if they continued to ...