Islanders may see a convoy of cars visiting Catholic churches on Good Friday. The cars will be filled with Filipino Islanders marking an Easter tradition usually held the day before.

In Catholic tradition, saints are to be revered, but not worshipped. Thus, Anderson said, artistic renderings of canonized people aim to connect the faithful to the tradition of saints, who are ...

Parishioners from St. John the Theologian Ukrainian Catholic Church in St. Catharines, following current protocols, participate in the annual blessing of the baskets led by Rt. Rev Anton Szymychalski.

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This Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians, as the Catholic and Orthodox churches celebrate Jesus’ resurrection on the same day. The rare alignment of the churches, which have been ...

At Easter, Father Sofatzis’ family would have “double traditions and double celebrations,” he said, noting that, as children, he and his siblings “always enjoyed celebrating Easter twice ...

Last year, due to the emerging COVID-19 pandemic, Catholic churches in Manitoba, like most other places of worship, closed down in the middle of Lent — the 40-day period prior to Easter in which ...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — This year’s early Easter has put a damper on a Newfoundland tradition of eating fresh seal flipper on Good Friday -- or at least it has for the man most widely known for ...

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Easter Week is normally a very busy time at St. Mary’s Cathedral in Calgary, but because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s celebrations will be much different.