Good Friday is the most solemn day of the Christian year. It is the day our Savior died for us. It is the day we were redeemed from our sins by the voluntary death of God Himself at the hands of man.

Feast of the Holy Cross, St. Matthew’s Orthodox Church, Baton Rouge, La. Today is the Feast of the Veneration of the Cross in the Orthodox Church. It marks the halfway point in Great Lent. On the ...

In the seventh century, the Church in Rome adopted the practice of Adoration of the Cross from the Church in Jerusalem, where a fragment of wood believed to be the Lord's cross had been venerated ...

Easter is on Sunday, March 31, this year, but those celebrating the holiday religiously will start much earlier. The Friday before Easter is known to Catholics as Good Friday and honors the ...

(The Conversation) — Churches around the world will be holding services for their three most important days during this Holy Week: Holy Thursday, sometimes called Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and ...

Good Friday is considered for many one of the holiest days of the liturgical year. Part of the Triduum, Good Friday is the day the Church turns its attention to the cross on Calvary. It is the somber ...

College of the Holy Cross provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. Churches around the world will be holding services for their three most important days during this Holy Week: Holy ...