Why do churchgoers carry palm crosses? Why will there be processions through towns and cities this Sunday? Why will donkeys be seen in churches and cathedrals this week?

 

What does Good Friday commemorate? What happens in churches and cathedrals on Good Friday? Where does the name originate?

Why is Holy Saturday significant? How does the Church commemorate it? What is the Saturday before Easter Day called?

What does it commemorate? What does Maundy mean? Why do Christians wash feet? What is Maundy Money?

 

COMMENT / Revd Nigel Genders, Chief Education Officer speaks about new guidance to Church schools on tackling homophobic, biphobic and transphobic (HBT) bullyin

Help encourage families and children back into church after Christmas, over Epiphany and Candlemas, with our 'Beyond the Stable' and 'Share the Light' pilots.

The Dioceses of Norwich and Chichester and a Mothers' Union are offering practical support to Afghan refugees starting new lives in the UK.



 

 

A month ago Premier League Chaplain Matt Baker predicted that England and Italy would be the best two teams at Euro 2020. We caught up with him ahead of Sunday’s final.

On the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Diocese of Portsmouth relaunches its appeal to find hosts for refugees; and speaks to two Ukrainian mothers who share their moving accounts.

Dioceses are celebrating Windrush75 this week with bishops from the Church in the Province of the West Indies.