We are standing on the edge of the Resurrection and the joy of Easter. We are to realize that, on this solemn Sunday, we are witnessing the greatest event in human history. We are witnesses to the death of death. We are saved from ending with no meaning. We can follow a path that leads not only ...

TRIKORFO, Greece — Can a centuries-old ritual of spiritual renewal rekindle a New Year’s resolution to build healthy eating habits before it fades in the spring? For six weeks every year, millions of Orthodox Christians around the world adopt a largely vegan diet, abstaining from meat, ...

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The last ghoulish gargoyle has been returned to its perch as part of a two-year restoration of a Kentucky cathedral with a facade modeled after Notre Dame in Paris. The rehab project at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption was sorely needed to repair deteriorated ...

MIAMI — Good Friday is a unique — and uniquely solemn — day in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus, ahead of what’s a central tenet of faith for believers — his resurrection two days later on Easter Sunday, according to the Gospels. This year, ...

CANTERBURY, England (AP) — The new archbishop of Canterbury knocked three times on the doors of the city’s great cathedral on Wednesday, ceremonially demanding to be allowed inside in a tradition laid down over centuries by each new leader of the Church of England. But this time, for the ...

We are entering the Holy Days for Christians. But not only is this time sacred to Christians, but Ramadan is sacred to Muslims, and Passover is sacred to the Jewish people. They are all within the same time frame this year. These few weeks, we are called to return to the source of our spiritual ...