Christian theology professor Ephraim Radner thinks that’s a natural time to examine what makes each holiday distinct in order ...

For many years, the bell ringing in the Chinchilla United Methodist Church steeple signaled the start of worship services.

The local lotto draw promoted by Buttevant Soccer Club takes place on Thursday evening in the clubhouse at New Street, ...

Tallinn Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski (SDE) on Sunday lit the first Advent candle of this Christmas ... in a nod to an old tradition followed by Estonia's coastal Swedes. "Purple altar cloths, hymns that ...

Simbáng Gabi, a Filipino Christmas tradition, is being celebrated in the Catholic community through Monday, Dec. 23 with each ...

Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas each year, always falling between Nov. 27 and Dec. 3 and ending on ...

Hundreds flocked to Notre Dame’s first Sunday Mass since a fire ravaged the beloved landmark five years ago to mark the cathedral’s rebirth and witness the consecration of its altar.

The first solemn Mass witnessed the consecration of the cathedral’s new bronze altar by Archbishop Laurent Ulrich of ... as ...

The third Sunday of Advent — known as Gaudete ... blue and churches may include a more modestly decorated altar. The Advent wreath first appeared in Germany in 1839 when a Lutheran minister ...