In the Greek Orthodox Church, there is an important and long-standing tradition of praying for our departed brothers and sisters. Saturday (except for Lazarus Saturday and Holy Saturday) is the day of ...

"Pilate said to them, 'You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can.' So they went and made the sepulcher secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard." ...

December 3, 2024 Feast of St. Francis Xavier Christian/Catholic December 9, 2024 Feast of the Immaculate Conception Christian/Catholic ...

Saint Louis University provides a calendar of holidays, observances and religious holy days — sourced from Jesuit Resource — for informational purposes. To learn more about which days SLU is formally ...

O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day ...

Holy Week runs from Palm Sunday until Easter. Holy Thursday (sometimes called Maundy Thursday after the Latin mandatum or command to love one another) commemorates the Christian celebration of the ...

The Christian ritual of Holy Communion is introduced. Communion means, simply, ‘togetherness’ and this is a ritual to show the togetherness of Christians and God. The Last Supper was Jesus ...

In Holy Week, the days just before Easter, one can catch Catholics in some ancient religious practices ... before the Easter vigil Mass on Holy Saturday. On Holy Thursday, the Catholic Church ...

Angela Alaimo O’Donnell’s tenth book of poems begins with two epigraphs: “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground” (Exod. 3:5) and “The Holy Land is ...

The location was chosen specifically because it was a holy site for other people -- just like the Kaaba was once a center of pagan worship and as the Hagia Sophia was a center of Christian worship ...

November 3, 2024 • The Yale Center for Public Theology and Public Policy is raising up the next generation of Christian leaders focused on social justice. It's led by Rev. William Barber ...

Trinity Christian High School will host Anzar High School on Saturday, October 26 at 2:00 p.m. PT. Get full access to live regular season and postseason sporting events and get 45% off compared to ...