Do we know why an Orthodox cross looks a bit different, or what the St. Peter, St. Benedict and St. Brigid crosses are?

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 ...

Offering no resistance, Jesus gives himself up to the execution of the sentence. He is to be spared nothing, and upon his shoulders falls the weight of the ignominious cross. But, through love ...

The Feast commemorates the finding of the True Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Saint Helen, the mother of the Emperor Constantine. In the twentieth year of his reign (326), the Emperor ...

Jesus was on the cross from the sixth hour until the ninth hour. In Jesus’ day the first hour was 6am, so this means he was on the cross from 12 noon to 3pm. Some people misheard Jesus and ...

Pilate himself is the image of heavy-lined chaos: the chaos of conflicting emotions, allegiances, and truth. But where is Jesus? Identification Jesus’ face is never seen in this Way of the Cross. He ...

A few generations ago, politician Stewart Udall remarked, “We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.” Today we have ...

Far from merely tacking “Jesus died for our sins” to the end of every sermon, he went much deeper into the everyday implications of the Cross, which alone anchors us to God’s action as ...

was he really found? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CROSS WHERE JESUS DIED? According to some writings in the 3rd and 4th centuries (the most remembered being those written by Gelasius of Caesarea or James ...

Last week, Colorado Christian University (CCU) dedicated its newest facility, the 60,000-square-foot Armstrong Center. Named ...