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Easter

stations of the cross
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Christians around the world, including those in American Samoa, are observing Good Friday today, the day the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross is commemorated. Good Friday is marked with morning services by some church denominations, especially the Catholic Faith,...
THE RESURRECTION, a stained glass window created by Fr Lawrence Lew
Austin, TEXAS — The date of Easter, when the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place, changes from year to year. The reason for this variation is that Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. I am a religious studies scholar...
Rev. Nafatali Falealii (left) and Rev. Sasa Satoa
Apia, SAMOA — Leaders of the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa (C.C.C.A.S.) have called a special day of prayer that will coincide with Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022. The Easter Sunday “Pray for American Samoa” call is in response to Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s request made on 11...
Pope Francis leaves at the end of Easter Sunday Mass
NEW YORK (AP) — Christians around the world celebrated Easter Sunday isolated in their homes by the coronavirus while pastors preached the faith’s joyous news of Christ’s resurrection to empty pews. In Britain, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, the first major world leader to test positive for the...
Ruben Enaje, center, dressed as Jesus, is seen nailed on cross
SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — Several Roman Catholic devotees were nailed to wooden crosses in a gory Good Friday ritual in the Philippines, and others flogged themselves or took part in religious plays to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering. Four men and a woman, some wearing crowns of twigs,...