This unique Easter tradition can be traced back to early Christianity in Germany, and even to pre-Christian times.

While Easter is now fondly known for egg hunts, the Easter bunny and yummy hot cross buns, the celebration has taken many forms over time.

The Spanish word for Easter is Pascua. In Italian, it’s Pasqua. French speakers have Pâques. All of these words derive from ...

Many historians believe that the origins of the Easter egg pre-date the Crucifixion of Jesus by the Romans 2,000 years ago.

is really Anglo-Saxon, not Babylonian. It was the common word for both Passover and Easter. An example of the word meaning the Jewish Passover comes from a 1563 homily: ‘Easter, a great, and solemne ...

The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory ...

What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon. An attack on a bus in Beirut plunged the country into 15 ...

In Sweden, the popular folklore states that at Easter, the witches all fly away on their broomsticks to feast and dance with the Devil on the legendary island of Blåkulla, in the Baltic Sea.