TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the ...

Pope Francis baptized 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...

For the 250 or so faithful at Clearview Mennonite Church in Rapho Township, worship today looks much like it did centuries ...

The Orthodox Christian community in Reading has held a ritual blessing of the River Thames in one of the first major ...

It might not be the biggest holiday on the Christian calendar, but Epiphany, otherwise known as Feast of the Epiphany or ...

It is also known as the Feast of Epiphany, Three Kings Day and Theophany. In some traditions, it celebrates the baptism of ...

Orthodox Christians participated in blessing of the waters ceremonies, while Catholics in the Vatican attended Mass in St.

Jennifer Makar observes the Eastern Orthodox Christmas on January 7, but the ideologically divided Roselle Park Board of Education refused the change the date to accommodate her religious observance.

Public support for doing away with sweeping army exemptions for military-age ultra-Orthodox men has risen sharply over the past year, according to a survey published Tuesday by the Israel ...

28, he shared that he and Tanaka are expecting their first child alongside a photo of a pink onesie, white shoes and a photo of a sonogram, which he covered with a baby head emoji. Their dog ...

While Eastern Orthodox churches emphasize the Baptism of Jesus ... It is a pastry with a tiny figurine of a baby baked into the dough to be revealed in a slice or bite of the bread, similar ...