In most churches, the decorations are red to symbolize the blood of martyrdom. Some churches remove all decorations on Good Friday, veiling anything that can’t be removed in black or purple.

Much of the Easter season occurs in the second quarter of 2025. Nonetheless, the 47 days following Fat Tuesday will come as ...

Christmas might be the most wonderful time of the year, but Holy Week is the holiest. Next week, we have the opportunity to once again, or for the first time, hear just how far God would go in his ...

Samiljeon (independence day), Hansik (cold food day), Sikmokil (Arbor Day) and Christmas are celebrated, but Holy Week has never been celebrated at the level of the entire population. In short ...

Listen to 11 specially written reflections from the Abbey. The reflections were published on each of the Sundays during Lent and on every Holy Day. The Very Reverend Dr David Hoyle considers the ...

While many people are shocked by how quickly Easter is approaching, others have been preparing for it ever since Ash Wednesday kicked off the Lenten season. There was also Palm Sunday that just ...

Here’s a look at Easter and Holy Week. On Easter Sunday, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion. It also marks the end of the 40-day period of ...

NARRATOR: Because the next day, on Good Friday ... Palm Sunday is the start of Holy Week, when Jesus arrived in Jerusalem on a donkey with people waving palms to welcome him.