Known as the "place of the skull," Golgotha is said to be the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion. Purportedly located just ...

Newark Advocate faith columnist Mark Katrick discusses the symbolism, importance and prevalence of the cross during the ...

Then he handed him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha. that we may ...

Jesus’ death on the Cross was not a limited act only for his family, the 12, other followers and some of the rest of the ...

Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held in preparation for the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. Lent is 40 days long to represent the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting and ...

The ash cross marking observers’ foreheads is meant ... the previous year’s Palm Sunday services, which commemorate Jesus's arrival to Jerusalem a week before he was crucified and resurrected.

From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20: Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the Cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews". Many of the Jews read this title, for the place ...

Many worshipers will receive the marking of the cross in ash on their foreheads on Wednesday. This is meant to show that a person belongs to Jesus Christ and represents a person's grief and ...

Most memorable was when the thief on the cross taunted Jesus, asking, "Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!" Now we read how Jesus aced the devil’s test: "Then Jesus was led by the ...

St. Anne’s-in-the-Fields Episcopal church has created an online, self-paced multimedia pilgrimage though the Stations of the ...