During the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday night the priest or deacon carries the candle in procession into the dark church. A new fire, symbolizing our eternal life in Christ, is kindled which ...

The altar is stripped bare of its linens and candles, holy water is removed from the church’s fonts and the sacraments are not celebrated until the Easter vigil. Like the first Christians bereft ...

Easter Saturday is known as the The Resurrection or “Anastasis ... “Avto to Fos”, which means “This is the light.” His candle, dubbed “the Holy candle”, is used to light several of the onlookers’ ...

J.R.R. Tolkien called it “eucatastrophe” — the sudden turn to joy. It’s a pattern echoed in the best of literature and ...

Without an experience of the resurrection in their lives, the signs worked by St. Francis of Assisi and others couldn't have ...

Revelation assures us, “Never again will they hunger, never again will they thirst.” Especially during this Easter season, ...

The “final image” of Pope Francis will be him greeting crowds on Easter Sunday despite “serious health problems”, the 250,000 ...

Traditionally, the Easter weekend holiday in Belize has evolved into a national “Spring Break,” when Belizeans flock to beaches, rivers, and the cayes to relax and celebrate with family and friends.

An architectural masterpiece of the 13th to 16th centuries, Westminster Abbey has become a treasure house of artefacts. This is also the coronation church where some of the most significant people in ...

Easter rolls around with its colorful eggs, pastel outfits and baskets filled with candy. For some, it’s an important day ...

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