Life of Jesus in the New Testament

Today, the Orthodox Church honors Lazarus of Bethany, whom Jesus Christ resurrected.

The holiday of Lazarus Saturday is more popularly known as Lazarus Day and is celebrated on Saturday of the sixth week of Great Lent - eight days before the Resurrection (this year on April 16). With it, the preparation for Holy Week begins.

Walk around the German Alpine village of Oberammergau, and the chances are you'll run into Jesus or one of his 12 disciples.

Of the 5,500 people living there, 1,400, aged from three months to 85, are participating this year in the once-a-decade staging of an elaborate "Passion Play" depicting the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ljubljana/Maribor – Ljubljana Archbishop and Metropolitan Stanislav Zore held an Easter Sunday mass in the Ljubljana Cathedral to note that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is something that brought new hope and life. Masses of the Resurrection of the Lord were held in numerous other churches around the country.

On Maundy Thursday, believers remember the last meal Jesus Christ had with His disciples prior to His arrest and crucifixion. It is often called The Last Supper. First, Jesus predicts what will happen on the next day.

Turkish police have seized a 13th-century painting depicting the crucifixion of Jesus, security sources said on Feb. 19.

An Indiana mother-to-be received what some are calling a divine surprise after a prenatal checkup! A sonogram of Aley Meyer’s baby boy appears to show an image of Jesus on the cross. Meyer told a media outlet ‘WFIE’ that she didn’t even notice until about a week later when someone pointed it out at her baby shower.

The world’s first religious theme park located near Buenos Aires, Argentina, is where children can meet a robot Jesus and participate in the daily crucifixions.

The park, near Buenos Aires, Argentina, is billed as ‘Christianity’s answer to Disneyland’.

Israeli police said on July 12 they have arrested several Jewish suspects over an arson attack last month at a shrine where Christians believe Jesus performed the miracle of loaves and fishes.

BELGRADE - The Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Belgrade Stanislav Hocevar has sent his Easter greetings to the faithful of the Roman Catholic Church with the message that, with his life, only Jesus Christ is showing them the path to true life.