Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that occurs on or after the spring equinox. This year, Easter is Sunday, ...

On Fridays in March and April, St. Michael's Orthodox Church in Binghamton will be serving pirohis and other traditional ...

Beginning March 4, many Americans will find themselves busy with Easter season and its holidays. Here are the key dates to ...

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the period of Lent. They're two of the most important liturgical events for Christians and help prepare them for Easter.

If you want to have a fruitful, holy Lenten season, I highly recommend you do not: 1. Attempt absurd penances. Not all ...

The six-piece shrimp offering will feature a coconut-flavoured coating, served with one side and two hushpuppies.

On the last day before Great Lent, Orthodox believers celebrate Forgiveness Sunday, or the week of Syropustnaya. On this day ...

Wooster Square's Italian immigrants embraced the spirit of Lent by drawing on familiar practices, writes columnist.

Ash Wednesday is the Wednesday that always follows Mardi Gras. As you'll have read in our article on this feast, Mardi Gras ...

The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is gearing up for the start of the Lenten season, calling for Christians to embrace prayer ...

We're almost through the first eight weeks of the new year, and now our sights are turning to the spring months with Pancake Tuesday just around the corner, followed by Lent.

Psalm 32:3-4 encapsulates how he was feeling. “When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the ...