Easter

Gaza's Christians 'heartbroken' for pope who phoned them nightly

Christians in Gaza said that they had "lost a man who fought every day in every direction to protect this small herd of his."

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Palestinian Christians attend an Easter Mass at the Greek Orthodox Saint Porphyrius Church, in Gaza City, April 20, 2025.
A "Blood Moon" is seen during a lunar eclipse over Jerusalem July 27, 2018.

Lunar eclipse over Jerusalem may mark date of Jesus's crucifixion, NASA reports

Some believe that the new data from NASA, paired with Biblical text, could pinpoint the day Jesus was crucified.

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People carry crosses next to a flag adopted by the new Syrian rulers, during a protest against the burning of the Christmas tree in Hama, in Damascus, Syria December 24, 2024.

On a united Easter, the lives and struggles of Christians in the Middle East

This Easter, Orthodox and Western Christians find themselves united in a rare occurrence: celebrating the resurrection of Christ on the same day.

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Pope Francis speaks from a balcony on the day of the "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) message, at St. Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, in the Vatican, April 20, 2025.

Pope Francis calls for Gaza ceasefire during Easter appearance

"I appeal to the warring parties: Call a ceasefire, release the hostages and come to the aid of a starving people that aspires to a future of peace," the Pope's Easter message said.

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Russia's Putin attends midnight Orthodox Easter mass in Moscow

Putin attended the service at the Christ the Saviour Cathedral.

APRIL 24, 2022ByREUTERS
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting on the country's oil and gas industry with representatives of Russian energy companies and officials via a video link at a residence outside Moscow, Russia April 14, 2022

Christian pilgrims and Israel Police clash during Holy Fire ceremony

Thousands of pilgrims arrived in the Old City for the Holy Fire ceremony of Saturday of Light.

APRIL 23, 2022ByARIELLA MARSDEN
Pilgrims light candles in the Holy Fire Ceremony in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Russian Patriarch avoids criticizing Ukraine conflict

"May the Lord heal the wounds inflicted on people."

APRIL 23, 2022ByREUTERS
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia conducts a service in Moscow

Easter chants echo in ancient cistern near birthplace of Christianity

"There’s an echo."

APRIL 23, 2022ByREUTERS
Few steps away from Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepulchre, visitors discover an underground cistern with a musical surprise

Ukrainian children delight in painting Easter eggs

"This is, firstly, a symbol of life."

APRIL 23, 2022ByREUTERS
A girl looks at an Easter egg painted in the traditional style in Kyiv

Holy Fire lights up Jerusalem's Holy Sepulchre

Christian pilgrims, police clash in minor incident.

APRIL 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Holy Fire ceremony 2022

PA tells Israel: Restricting churchgoers ‘blatant and dangerous challenge’

Nabil Abu Rudeineh named the restrictions "a war against the Palestinian people."

APRIL 23, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Orthodox Christian worshippers attend the Holy Fire ceremony amid eased coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City, May 1, 2021.

Police investigating Russian Orthodox church fire in Paris

Paris police looking into whether cause of fire was accidental or arson

APRIL 21, 2022ByREUTERS
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This Twitter account went viral for explaining Easter using Jewish jargon

Easter mass, for example, is referred to as “Christian shacharit services" by the account, which imagines a world in which most people are Jewish.

APRIL 21, 2022ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
Easter egg and Afikoman hunt at Johns Hopkins April 18, 2022.

Psalm 1: An elegy to deal with difficult times - opinion

During these troubled times, the Book of Psalms possibly provides us with a playbook to guide us forward.

APRIL 20, 2022BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with representatives of energy companies last week. If your country encompasses more land than any other in the world, do you really need another tree?