HAPPY Easter. Here's a quick one, so you can go back to your egg hunting. The benefits of having a wide vocabulary are far-reaching. Besides giving off a good impression on people by making you ...

Easter, a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, occurs on a Sunday in spring every year.This makes it a movable feast because its actual date changes. This year ...

Holy Week is a time when the pope would be expected to be front and center of events. But as Francis continues to recover from double pneumonia, observers are on the lookout for surprise appearances.

News about Easter and Holy Week, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

The Gregorian calendar, instituted by Pope Gregory XIII, went into effect in 1582. In the 1,417 years from 1583 through 3000, it’s most common for Easter to fall on April 16, with 61 instances.