Easter

Like Jesus, they carried their crosses up a hill while other participants beat their bare backs with sharp bamboo sticks

Decorating eggshells, especially those of ostriches, predates the Christian tradition by at least 3,000 years. The ancient Sumerians and Egyptians commonly placed decorated eggs, or their representations in gold and silver, in graves. Thus, the Christian adaptation of decorating eggs...

In the last paragraph of my article, Merry Christmas from the Vatican: a Cookbook to Bring Joy in a Sad Year, published here on December 9, 2020, its author Thomas Kelly wrote: “David and I are working on another Vatican...

In inglese, ad esempio, il giorno di Pasqua viene chiamato Easter Sunday, e il termine Easter è la forma moderna del nome di una divinità femminile della mitologia germanica, Eostre, che veniva rappresentata con il volto di una Lepre per...

Easter in New York is not a business and yet it's here and how: from Via Crucis on the Brooklyn Bridge, to the moving gospel choirs in Harlem, to the concerts in the Catholic Churches of Greenwich Village, up to...

The large Jewish population of New York has recently celebrated Passover with a traditional dinner that requires participants to drink plenty, so much so that some make the joke that it is the original drinking game. It's an ideal opportunity to try some excellent Israeli...