Two families of mixed Catholic and Orthodox Christian members are looking forward to celebrating Easter together on the same ...

Each year on Aug. 5 the church liturgical calendar commemorates the dedication of St. Mary Major (in Italian, Santa Maria Maggiore), one of the five great ancient basilicas in Rome, and ...

The number of bank holidays will vary depending on where you live in the UK – with England, Wales and Northern Ireland having ...

Thanks to a treaty with the Vatican, the pope holds sway over areas like education, the military, and public holidays in ...

The Government has confirmed there will be eight more bank holidays to look forward to this year. However, the number of such ...

Jane Tomaszewski was thinking about becoming a Catholic when she learned an unusual fact about herself. She’s the direct ...

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

President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine are among the world leaders who plan to attend the funeral. The ...

Usually Catholic and Protestant Easter falls a couple of weeks before Eastern Orthodox Easter, but this year all Christians ...

The Orthodox church kept the Julian calendar. Secular celebrations of Easter — think pastel-coated eggs, basket-carrying rabbits and the occasional parade — always match the Western feast day.