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 ...

The days leading to Easter Sunday are often colored by secular traditions like egg decorating and photo ops with a person costumed as a bunny. Easter week, however, holds a deeply significant meaning ...

April is here and spring has arrived with all the Easter holidays to look forward to, such as the end of the Lent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Easter, Passover and Holy Week. Unlike many other holidays, ...

Holy Week is tremendously important in the Christian year. What is it? Where did it come from? And what happens in it? Here are 9 things to know and share. 1) What is Holy Week? Holy Week is the week ...

A Holy Week calendar conflict with St. Patrick’s Day is forcing some localities to choose between parades and piety. For the first time since 1940, March 17, St. Patrick’s Feast Day, falls during Holy ...