The Victorian era is famously regarded as a period of restraint—restraint in clothing, social norms, emotional behavior, communication … the list could go on and on.

What is the origin of Easter eggs? Katie Morrow, CC BY-NC-ND Brent Landau, The University of Texas at Austin The date of ...

EOSTRE: The naming of the celebration seems to go back to a pre-Christian goddess in England who was celebrated at beginning of spring. STOCK PHOTO ...

Easter, the greatest festival of the Christian church, com­memorates the resurrection of Jesus. It is a movable feast; that is, it is not always held on the same date. In AD 325 the church council of ...

Easter' is found in English and German but in most other European languages the word for the festival comes from old words ...

Churches across the United States and abroad will celebrate Easter on Sunday, a holy day commemorating the resurrection of ...

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Easter is a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his crucifixion. It is a deeply spiritual ...

Buon Pasqua! That’s what the former St. Anthony of Padua Church, Exeter, would print on the cover of the church bulletin on ...

ShareThe celebration of Triumphant Entry and Palm Sunday ushers in the Holy Week and Easter, bringing the Lenten season to an ...

In their pantheon, four gods stand out: Melqart, the god of the sea, the fearful Baal or Moloch; Tanit, the goddess of fertility - whose image is synonymous ... After the second such conflict, the ...