Easter, the principal festival of the Christian church year, celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion. The origins of Easter date to the beginnings of ...

when the Germanic people of Europe introduced the Osterhase—a rabbit that brought gifts to children at Easter time. According to History.com, when these Germanic immigrants settled in America in the ...

For the second year running, Christians all over the world will have uneventful Easter celebrations. At the onset of the Covid-19 in the year 2020, the Easter holiday was the first among major ...

In their isolation, why did the early Easter Islanders undertake this colossal statue-building effort? Unfortunately, there is no written record (and the oral history is scant) to help tell the ...

They settled both Hawaii and New Zealand, and between 700 and 900, they got to Rapa Nui - and so brought to an end one immense chapter of human history, for Easter Island was possibly the last ...

Oct. 14—With its complex geometry and designs, Ukrainian Easter eggs originated in pagan times. Artist and ethnographer Sofika Zielyk will discuss the colorful history and tradition of the ...

For the second year running, Christians all over the world will have uneventful Easter celebrations. At the onset of the Covid-19 in the year 2020, the Easter holiday was the first among major ...