Easter brings eggs and pastels, but what’s the meaning behind the holiday — and the other springtime religious observances?

Easter Sunday or Resurrection Sunday marks the end of Holy Week and the beginning of a 50-day period called Eastertide, which ends on Pentecost The first day of this Easter Time is ...

Lent, the 40-day period of prayer and fasting before Easter, ends this Thursday, April 17, 2025. Holy Week, the most ...

Related: 'Being Born of Water and Spirit'—50 Bible Verses About Baptism Pentecost Sunday takes place on May 19 in 2024—seven weeks after Easter. For Orthodox Christians (and others who follow ...

Celebrated as one Great Sunday of 50 days, Easter continues through Pentecost Sunday. Even the names of the Sundays of this season indicate this. The Sundays between Easter and Pentecost are called Su ...

Summary: The Christian festival of Pentecost is celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter. It refers to the Holy Spirit descending among the apostles - just as Jesus had said it would.

A Pentecostal church in South Africa has celebrated Easter Sunday with mass wedding ceremonies for around 3,000 people, with ...