Alfred Street Baptist Church has been an institution in Alexandria since it began as Colored Baptist Society at the time Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. In the mid ...

CRUMPTON: Easter Sunday is the Sunday that many church congregations look forward to, and for Black women and girls, this is their time to shine.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — For more than 400 years, Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different ways to determine the date of Easter. But this Sunday will mark a special moment for Christians ...

The Lutheran Church of Arcata, located at 151 E. 16th St., has a full day planned for this Easter Sunday. An outdoor Easter sunrise service takes place Sunday at 7 a.m., and the annual ...

Beyond the Easter egg hunts, the baskets stuffed with shredded tissue paper, and the sugar highs from too much candy, church is at the heart of many early-morning Easter rituals. While I can’t ...

On Easter Sunday at Pilgrim Faith United Church of Christ in Oak Lawn, a decades-old tradition will be revived.

According to church law, the ceremonial event ,which begins in darkness, is held between sunset on Holy Saturday and sunrise on Easter Sunday, the first celebration of Easter.

Four centuries later, Easter's date remains divisive. Some church leaders want that to change Western churches adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, while the Eastern Orthodox Church kept the ...

The Easter holiday is one many in the local community hold dear and passionately celebrate each year. Riverside Church’s Easter events are set to bring thousands of participants together in ...

Redeemer Community Church in Aurora will host annual Easter egg hunt Saturday, April 19. The event will be held at 10:30 a.m. on the north lawn of the church, 904 N. Edgelawn Drive. Kids will be ...