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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Orthodox Easter service at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, May 5, 2024. (Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Orthodox Russians mark Easter with night-time service in Moscow cathedral

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American flags and a pride flag hang from the White House during a Pride Month celebration on the South Lawn, Saturday, June 10, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden is making Christianity more invisible by supporting transgender ideology

By Ryan Bomberger – Special to Higher Ground

Easter eggs and the "Lemon test" for religious symbolism illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Easter eggs and the ‘Lemon test’

By Lea Patterson

Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health, Admiral Rachel Levine speaks after having attended a roundtable on gender-affirming care and transgender health, Wednesday, June 29, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

‘Faux outrage’: Biden admin transgender official dismisses Transgender Day of Visibility uproar

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Abortion rights activists unfurl a banner, created by the ACLU, filled with names of people who said they support the continued access to medication abortion, outside the Supreme Court, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in its first abortion case since conservative justices overturned the constitutional right to an abortion two years ago. At stake in Tuesday's arguments is the ease of access to a medication used last year in nearly two-thirds of U.S. abortions. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Higher Ground: Abortion at Supreme Court, resurrection research, Trump USA Bible

By Mark A. Kellner and Billy Hallowell - The Washington Times

Transgender flag at LGBT gay pride march. (Photo credit: Ink Drop via Shutterstock) ** FILE **

‘I didn’t do that’: Biden goes on defense over honoring Transgender Day of Visibility on Easter

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Britain's King Charles III waves as he leaves after attending the Easter Matins Service at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (Hollie Adams/Pool Photo via AP)

King Charles shakes hands, chats with crowd at most significant public outing since cancer diagnosis

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Parishioners pray during Easter Mass at Sacred Heart of Jesus and Saint Patrick, Sunday, March 31, 2024, in Baltimore, Md. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Grief, anger sparked by Key Bridge collapse on display in Baltimore-area’s Easter sermons

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Pope Francis asperses holy water as he celebrates Easter mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope overcomes health concerns to preside over a blustery Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square

By Nicole Winfield - Associated Press

Decorations for the White House Easter Egg Roll adorn the East Colonnade of the White House, Thursday, March 28, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump campaign slams White House over Biden trans visibility day proclamation on Easter Sunday

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Easter Resurrection Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Passover and Easter: A time of renewal, gratitude and recommitment to faith

By Robert Knight

FILE - A customer removes her purchases at a Kroger grocery store in Flowood, Miss., Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Don't count on a favorite store being open on Easter Sunday. Several stores will be closed March 31, 2024, in observance of the holiday. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

What stores are open on Easter Sunday 2024? See Walmart, Target, Costco hours

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The wreckage of a bus lays in a ravine a day after it plunged off a bridge on the Mmamatlakala mountain pass between Mokopane and Marken, around 300km (190 miles) north of Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, March 29, 2024. The bus carrying worshippers on a long-distance trip from Botswana to an Easter weekend church gathering in South Africa plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass Thursday and burst into flames as it hit the rocky ground below, killing at least 45 people, authorities said. The only survivor was an 8-year-old child who was receiving medical attention for serious injuries. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Investigators search for bodies of Easter pilgrims in bus that crashed off a bridge in South Africa

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Worshippers listen to the liturgy as the sun rises over the Salem Congregation's God's Acre graveyard during the 251st Easter Sunrise Service of the Moravian Church, Sunday, April 9, 2023. On Easter morning, many Christians wake before dawn. They will celebrate their belief in the resurrection of Jesus, the son of God, as the sun rises. (Walt Unks/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP, File)

Easter is March 31 this year. Here’s why many Christians will wake up before sunrise to celebrate

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A second floor set of pews sits empty as a projection of a sermon is displayed on a wall during Palm Sunday services at the Metropolitan AME Church in Washington, Sunday, March 24, 2024. Rev. William Lamar IV at Washington, D.C.’s historic Metropolitan AME has adjusted to offering both virtual and in-person services since the COVID-19 pandemic. After a noticeable attendance drop, more Metropolitan congregants are choosing in-person worship over virtual, even as they mourn members who died from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades)

Research spells doom and gloom for Christianity, but is it really all that bad?

By Dr. John-Paul Lotz – Special to Higher Ground

A view of the cross, lit ahead of Pope Francis arrival for the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession on Good Friday, a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary, in front of Rome's Colosseum, in Rome, Friday, April 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Good Friday: Easter lessons from the foot of the cross

By Dr. David Jeremiah – Special to Higher Ground

A demonstrator holds up a sign during a march to mark International Transgender Day of Visibility in Lisbon, March 31, 2022. At least 32 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the United States in 2022, the Human Rights Campaign announced Wednesday, Nov. 16, in its annual report ahead of Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday, Nov. 20. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Culture clash erupts in Fairfax County as ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’ falls on Easter

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this image taken from video provided by eNCA, a bus carrying worshippers headed to an Easter festival plunged off a bridge on a mountain pass and burst into flames in Limpopo, South Africa, on Thursday, March 28, 2024, killing multiple people, authorities said. (eNCA via AP)

Bus plunges off South Africa bridge, killing 45 people; 8-year-old is only survivor

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Niaz Mardan wraps a luxury handmade Belgian chocolate rabbit at Sandrine a chocolate shop in south west London, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Niaz Mardan, is suffering due to high cocoa prices, she's making no profits and fears she will have to close the shop that's been around for 25 years (she's the third owner and took over in 2019). (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

It’s a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits

By Francis Kokutse and Jessica Donati - Associated Press

Eggs are cleaned and disinfected at the Sunrise Farms processing plant in Petaluma, Calif., on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, which had seen an outbreak of avian flu. Egg prices are at near-historic highs in many parts of the world as the spring holidays approach, reflecting a market scrambled by disease, high demand and growing costs for farmers. (AP Photo/Terry Chea)

Norwegians facing a shortage as Easter nears are hoarding eggs from neighboring Sweden

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