The beauty of the Christmas tree is that it does not require enforced belief. For Christians, it gestures toward the ...

Hungry ogres, giant goats and trees that offer gifts... see how ancient lore, Norse gods and rites old and new shape Christmas celebrations around the world.

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In the early fourth century A.D., Rome was notorious for persecuting Christians. Yet the night before battle, Constantine ...

Based on the Greco-Roman model of celebrating a military triumph, Hanukkah was instituted in 164 B.C. to celebrate the ...

It's mid-December and in Sweden that means Lucia: groups of white-robed people singing with candles on their heads. But what ...

18:24, Sun, Dec 7, 2025 Updated: 18:28, Sun, Dec 7, 2025 The Church of England has warned Christians to resist "populist forces seeking to exploit the faith for their own political ends" after Tommy ...

This community-crafted art display originated at Botanica, and has been repurposed as a symbol of hope at a Wichita Mennonite Church. Courtesy photo One of the best gifts my spouse and I received when ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo. — City and church leaders in Broomfield are condemning an act of vandalism after, they said, a swastika was spray-painted on a church sign over the weekend. The city said the ...

Nine members of the Pagans Outlaw Motorcycle Gang have been arrested in connection with a shooting involving a rival biker gang at a Wawa in Montgomery County, the Montgomery County District ...

According to the Orthodox Eastern Church, the spirit of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin now ought to have embarked in heaven or hell. The religion believes it takes 40 days after death for souls to ...

Hidden out of sight and forgotten for centuries in the Shoham Community Forest, near the heart of Israel, archaeologists have now uncovered the remains of an extraordinary 6th-century Byzantine church ...