TODAY BEGINS HOLY Week, the most holy week in the Christian calendar. The week builds up to the Easter Sunday and the Christian belief in the resurrection of Jesus.

Every year, Holy Week brings a flood of childhood memories. Ireland of the 1960s was a very strange place. The power of the church was absolute, never more so than in Holy Week.

After all, Holy Week calls mostly to those who incline their minds and hearts in its direction with seriousness of intent. Still, the fuss must puzzle those looking on, wondering what it all means.

Holy Week, as everyone knows, is observed during the final week of Lent, with its liturgical climax at the Easter Vigil and then on Easter morning itself.

Holy Week is the week leading up to the important Christian festival of Easter, beginning on Palm Sunday, including Maundy Thursday and ending on Holy Saturday. Pilgrims in Jerusalem enact the Way ...

Something that's always struck me is how Holy Week is punctuated by simple things. It starts with Jesus' Triumphal Entry – no trumpets or military might but simply a donkey and some palm leaves.

In Holy Week, the days just before Easter, one can catch Catholics in some ancient religious practices – some are so rare, they’re done only once a year. Beginning Palm Sunday – March 28 ...

Along the way, we pray that Holy Week becomes a time to underscore that Jesus reigns as No. 1 in our lives and in our little family.

Holy Week is the holiest time of year for Christians, but for those of other faiths — Jews, in particular — Holy Week has been a time of abuse and even, awful to say, physical attacks. Well into the ...

Lischer: I still think of Holy Week as a refuge of sorts. When I was the pastor of a church, we canceled every meeting and set aside church business in Holy Week so that we could find time to be ...