Amid signs of changes and more religious inclusivity in the country, church leaders in Bangladesh called Oct. 17, 2024, for Easter Sunday to be a public holiday. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) DHAKA, ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities – aptly titled The Holy Week – with Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday being celebrated as public ... People take ...

Easter can be celebrated by eating together as a family, and people often eat fish on Good Friday to remember the food Jesus shared with his followers. On Easter Sunday ... to do in school or ...

(If you don’t take your palm cross home, you can make a cross together from thin card instead.) Good Friday - the Friday before Easter Sunday. Some churches do special activities for families with ...

Leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya (PHU), Udaya Gammanpila, yesterday (14) called on the government to release two unpublished committee reports on the Easter Sunday attacks within a week. Gammapila ...

Orthodox Easter occurs anywhere from mid-April to early May. Easter is celebrated in Cyprus as the holiest day of the Christian year and the whole of Holy Week, from Palm Sunday till Easter Sunday, is ...

The Easter season begins with Lent for both Catholics and Orthodox, though the dates of Lent vary with those of Easter since it is always 40 days before Easter Sunday. Just before Lent, carnival ...

What shall we call you? E.g. Jack is first name and Mandanka is last name.

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Most commonly, Easter is understood to include Good Friday and Easter Sunday, which are three days apart. However Easter truly refers to ...

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is to make a special statement tomorrow on the two committees he had appointed to probe the Easter Sunday bomb attacks. Sources close to Wickremesinghe said ...

In 36 days, the 2024 Sulphur Kiwanis Club Christmas Parade will roll. In 39 days, 40 kids will enjoy a $125 shopping spree ...