The Tapati Rapa Nui Festival, one of the most significant cultural events in Polynesia, will take place from February 1 to February 14, 2025, on Easter Island (Rapa Nui). This annual celebration is a ...

Unlike other holidays, the date that Easter Sunday falls on changes year to year and with it the dates of Ash Wednesday, Lent and associated holidays such as Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday.

Celebrating the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Pope Francis reaffirmed the Catholic Church's willingness to accept a proposal for a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.

When folk musician Herb McGwyer (Tom Basden) arrives on the remote, sea-swept Wallis Island, he believes he’s coming to play an intimate gig for a few fans. In reality, the concert is for one man: ...

to Christians worldwide during an ecumenical vespers service Saturday evening as momentum builds for Catholics and Orthodox to consider celebrating Easter on the same date in this historic ...

The "megaberg" - which is twice the size of Greater London and 130 feet tall - is on a crash course with the remote island of South Georgia, and could make it hard for the millions of penguins ...

The world's biggest iceberg is steadily drifting towards a remote British island off a tip of Antarctica, six weeks after breaking loose from its sea floor grounding in the Southern Ocean.

Along with the $5 million, the $1.8 million island — part of the Pearl Islands — is also something contestants could win. Survivor has been using the Pearl Islands as a filming location for ...

Hancock estimates that the statues on Easter Island, known as Moai heads, are likely much older than the platforms, called Ahu Vinapu, on which many of them sit because the structures exhibit ...

A new theory about who built the iconic human-like figures on Easter Island has sent shockwaves through the archaeological community. Most historians agree that the stone structures were ...

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WAIPAHU, O‘AHU — Swim Kaua‘i Aquatics’ swimmers Chloe Inouye, Tyler Tanaka, and Kai Mottley found gold during the recent Hawai‘i Short Course Senior Championship swim tournament that was ...