Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and Christ’s journey to the Cross. But what’s the story behind the waving palm branches?

A depiction of the risen Christ appearing to his disciples in a fresco from the Grand Cloister of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy. Photo by the Rev. Lawrence Lew, OP/Flickr/Creative Commons ...

For Christians, Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week, the days before Easter commemorating events in the last days of Jesus Christ’s life. The Scriptures say that on Palm Sunday, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

On Easter Sunday, festively decorated churches across the United States will be filled with worshippers eager to celebrate ...

It seems to be one of the favorite pastimes of extreme biblical skeptics to peruse the Gospel accounts of the resurrection of Jesus and events surrounding it, in order to “identify” and challenge ...

Greetings, everyone. Easter weekend is here and billions of Christians from around the world are taking time to reflect on the death and to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Recently, a friend of ...

Resurrection is supposed to mean a new world. Easter is supposed to mark a new beginning, a new creation—the old passing away, all things reborn. How do the first disciples respond to Christ’s triumph ...

Jesus never left Jerusalem in human form. He entered the city on a donkey and ascended back into heaven, weeks later, from Jerusalem. Ancient Jerusalem is where it began and ended. Jerusalem was the ...

In our second April of the pandemic, spring has a distinctly hopeful air. Amid the new sprigs of green and the blossoms of pink and red, our lives are opening up a bit. There is the smallest crack in ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Disciples III: Resurrection This is a new landmark in the history of Nevendaar, when a new race ascends to power – the ruthless and merciless Undead Hordes.