Easter Sunday marks the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, and the last day of the Easter Triduum (starting from the evening of Maundy Thursday through Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday), as well as the beginning of the Easter season of the liturgical year. Where Did the W...
When the Catholic and Orthodox churches separated in the 11th century, both churches calculated the date of Easter in the same way. However, the Catholic...Easter & Passover
In the year 373 AD, a feast honoring all “saints” who were martyred for practicing Christianity occurred. During the early years of celebration, the feast was held around the time of theEasterseason. “The first reference to a general feast celebrating all saints occurs in St. Ephrem theSy...
At that time, the conferring of ordinations was permitted on ember Saturdays, while previously, the practice was only held at Easter. Pope Gregory VII expanded the observance of Ember Days, making it a large part of the Catholic faith. It is said that Ember Days may have been created in...
In heavily Catholic Spain, wearing shorts or short skirts on certain holy days, like Easter and during week-longSemana Santafestivities, is considered disrespectful. And before the temperature rises to a reasonable point, even open-toe sandals or men’s tank tops can be considered uncouth. Learn...
As I wrote yesterday, it is strange that it has taken a non-believing clown like Donald Trump to be the Great Disrupter. We do not have to agree with everything he does …, but I believe people like me can work with people like him in ways we simply could not do with those who ...
Mama didn’t have the greenest of thumbs and she passed that gene right along to me. But I gave her flowers on Easter, her birthday and Mother’s Day anyway. She said “Why did you do that? You know I can’t keep a flower alive.” I imagined she really did like the flowers but...
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