For years, Gloria Siers has carried on her family’s tradition of Ukrainian Easter Eggs. This Easter season, her creations are on display for others to see and enjoy ...

Mike Wolanin | The Republic A view of the Paschal candle in its holder at St. Bartholomew Catholic Church in Columbus, Ind., Wednesday, April 13, 2022. St. Bartholomew Catholic Church Youth and Young ...

FLAME OF FAITH. The company’s Christus Rex candle is shown. Courtesy of Cathedral Candle Co. The Easter vigil on Holy Saturday brings the light of the risen Christ into the world. The Paschal candle ...

MOORHEAD — To those on the outside, it’s just a candle. To parishioners, it’s an Easter, or Paschal, candle with significance. But to Linda and Swede Stelzer, it’s a labor of love. For 35 years, ...

Fr Guardian Marcello Ghirlando lit the Paschal Candle at the church of Saint Anthony of Padua, in Ghajnsielem, during a vigil that was livestreamed on the Friars’ Facebook page. The event was ...

One of the powerful images that initiates the Easter season is that of the empty tomb. Each of the Gospels testifies to the awe-inspiring fact. In John’s Gospel, Mary Magdalen voices her bewilderment: ...

In South Florida — where a new season doesn’t always mean new weather — the arrival of spring is heralded with pastel-colored plastic eggs, marshmallow Peeps and chocolate bunnies, milk or dark. In ...

A Paschal candle that - due to the death of the Pope - has become a funeral candle beside the Holy Father. The candle was made in the sanctuary of Sant’Antonio in Polla, the convent of the saint's ...

For most people, Easter is synonymous with eggs and bunnies.But, in the Roman Catholic tradition, the most distinct symbol of the festival is the Paschal candle, ubiquitous at midnight services all ...

Veronica, my now 12-year-old daughter, was 5 months old when we went to my in-laws’ farm for her first Easter. We went to the Vigil at Immaculate Conception Church in Corning, Calif. I was not sure ...