Easter's roots trace back to ancient Jewish traditions. The Jewish Passover, or Pesach, was originally celebrated on the 14th day of Nisan, corresponding to the first full moon of spring. Early ...

The Sunday that Easter falls on is usually the first Sunday that follows the Paschal Full Moon. This is the first full moon ...

As early as the year 222, Romans were using different methods to calculate the dates of Easter. Some methods relied on the 19 ...

Happy Easter Sunday from our family to yours—wishing you a day full of joy and peace! Sending heartfelt Easter wishes to you ...

In 2024, Easter fell three weeks earlier, on March 31. So why does the date change? Easter is a “movable feast” tied to the ...

The Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic observances overlap only every three to four years thanks to different church calendars — and different lunar cycle calculations.

The stunning full moon in April, called the Pink Moon in some quarters for reasons we'll come to later, will be visible this ...

Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate Easter on the same date, Sunday, April 20. This coincidence last occurred in 2017 ...

Easter is a "moveable feast" that follows the lunar cycle of the Jewish calendar, the Almanac says. The holiday's date is ...

It’s Easter weekend in Oshawa, Whitby, Pickering, Ajax, Clarington and the rest of Durham Region with Good Friday (April 18), Easter Sunday (April 20) and Easter Monday (April 21) coming a little ...