When the Rev. Jean Beniste arrived at Christ Episcopal Church Waukegan on March 8, 2020, to become its rector, he already had ideas in mind how he wanted to lead the congregation in the celebration of ...

Ten years ago on an Easter Sunday like this one, the Rev. Todd B. Jones stood in the pulpit of the First Presbyterian Church in Nashville and told of the shortest Easter sermon ever given. It is so ...

Below is the Easter Vigil sermon of The Rt. Rev. Douglas J. Fisher, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts. As we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, I want to take a moment ...

ROME — Pope Francis urged his coronavirus-weary flock to not lose hope even through the continued “dark months” of the pandemic as he celebrated a scaled-back Easter vigil service in St. Peter’s ...

(RNS) — In a display of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, the Rev. William Barber II participated in a virtual Easter vigil service Saturday (April 3) led by a Christian activist group in ...

The annual Easter service, which was started in 1989, has been a fixture on the calendar for several decades, featuring bands, choir and dance performances, guest speakers and an Easter sermon at ...