Catholic and Orthodox — fall on the same date, April 20, due to the alignment of the Julian and Gregorian calendars.

Easter Sunday may still be more than two months away, but the Easter season kicks off in less than a month with the arrival ...

The Lent season – which is a 40-day period of prayer and fasting leading up to Easter – starts on Ash Wednesday and ends on the Thursday before Easter Sunday. This year, Ash Wednesday and the ...

The date of Easter and its related holidays also depend on if you’re Eastern Orthodox or not. The Eastern Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar, a solar calendar that was used by the Roman ...

Easter would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. But the Julian calendar, which is what Christians used in the fourth century, was increasingly ...

Easter would be celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. But the Julian calendar, which is what Christians used in the fourth century, was increasingly ...

Despite the recent cold temperatures, a spring holiday will soon be right around the corner. Easter is typically of fun activities, and in some years the spring holiday also provides a welcome ...

The Old Farmer's Almanac explains that Easter Sunday changes dates each year because it depends on the lunar cycles of the Jewish calendar. While Easter Sunday can happen anywhere between March ...

Orthodox Christians calculate Easter using the Julian Calendar, and it often falls later in the year. For 2025, though, Orthodox Easter also will fall on April 20. The dates for Orthodox Easter ...

It's great for him to come support us." Nov 15, 2023; Cedar Park, Texas, USA; San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie wears a headset at H-E-B Center during an Austin Spurs game against the ...