In late March 2024, near the time the Christian holiday of Easter was observed, a European Easter tradition went viral on social media. A number of posts appeared to show Spanish and Italian Easter ...

MADRID – With their tall conical hats, monkish robes and facial hoods that only show their eyes, the so-called "nazarenos," or penitents, in Spain's immensely popular Easter processions cut an eerie, ...

Easter is right around the corner and the desire to share warm wishes for joy, renewal, and togetherness transcends linguistic and cultural boundaries. The day is celebrated among Christians of ...

ELCHE, Spain (AP) — Spain is getting ready for one of its most revered holiday periods of the year: Easter Week, which means thousands of colorful and noisy religious street processions that draw ...

Spain’s Holy Week is an annual tribute to the Passion of Jesus Christ celebrated by Catholic religious brotherhoods performing penance processions along the streets of Spanish cities and towns during ...

The parades feature dozens of people dressed in religious tunics and distinctive pointy hoods, and elaborate floats - Copyright AFP Ishara S. KODIKARA The parades ...

In Spain, Easter is one of the most significant events of the year, with the biggest celebrations taking place during Holy Week — known locally as Semana Santa. But what exactly happens during Semana ...

Father Javier Sánchez of the Archdiocese of Zaragoza in Spain died early this morning from burns he suffered when his liturgical vestments caught fire from a candle during the Easter Vigil on Saturday ...

Mari Carmen Perez brushes palms to be used during Palm Sunday processions at a shop in Elche, eastern Spain, Tuesday, March 21, 2023. (Credit: Bernat Armangue/AP.) Listen ELCHE, Spain — Spain is ...

The Center's popular Build.Plant.Grow curriculum, which provides catechetical instruction for children, is being translated into Spanish, and the first dual language week honors Easter. Lesson plans ...