The Monday and Tuesday of Holy Week are known as Holy Monday and Holy Tuesday, but in Western Christianity, these days do not have widespread particular traditions or liturgy associated with them. The ...

When it comes to the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, you’d be forgiven if you thought of it as “Egg Hunt Day.” Holy Saturday isn’t a part of many church traditions, even when Easter, or the ...

Last Sunday (Feb. 19), in Catholic churches all over the world, the first Scripture reading was from the 19th chapter of the Book of Leviticus, the third book of the Pentateuch, which describes the ...

Holy Week started with Palm Sunday April 13. It ends with Easter on April 20. Maundy Thursday marks the day when Jesus celebrate the Passover with his disciples, followed by his arrest in the Garden ...

For many, April isn’t just about the beauty that spring brings about; it’s also about all the meaningful celebrations that occur. It’s when days like Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and ...

(RNS) — According to the central High Holy Day prayer “Unesanneh Tokef,” the names of those who will live and die and who will become wealthy and impoverished are written in heaven on Rosh Hashana and ...