Charles Wesley’s ‘Christ the Lord Is Risen Today’ brings alleluia’s historical significance to modern audiences. Long before I ever understood Christ's atoning sacrifice or appreciated his glorious ...

One of the most dramatic moments in the celebration of the Easter Vigil occurs just before the proclamation of the Gospel. The Alleluia, silent for more than six weeks, is solemnly intoned three times ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, as we mentioned earlier, Western Christians are celebrating Holy Week and Easter, their most sacred time of the year. In the many special services and observances that take ...

For all of us Easter means the passing of cold, winter days and the coming of spring, summer and, hopefully, some nice weather. For the Christian, however, it is about more than the weather. We ...

Reflections on Wesley’s great hymn of suffering and salvation. In the First United Methodist Church of Wichita Falls, Texas, Easter brought no surprises. The liturgy, combined with a music director ...

The author of the popular Easter hymn was a leading figure in a female-centred circle of mystic-visionaries, writes Sarah Apetrei AROUND the English-speaking world on Easter morning, after two ...

This year's Easter celebration will be pain-ridden and different for the entire Christian world, but the final tidings will be the same - "Christ Is Risen!," writes Roman Catholic Metropolitan ...