Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent that leads up to Good Friday and Easter. What to know about the day.

Opinion: Churches and their strident faiths have been perhaps the most guilty of upsetting democracy by installing chaos and ...

MONROE, N.C. — Roger Baxter Bullard, 91, Monroe, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. A devoted husband to ...

which symbolizes the Church, because of the fruits almost countless seeds, and for the hope we place in the Resurrection. A special form of wreath is the Advent Wreath, lit each evening by a ...

I am a Christian; I have been to two churches today, but whoever says Ifa Orunmila is nothing must be a bloody fool because Orunmila has been with us before the advent of Christianity or Islam,” he ...

However, in medieval times, people would leave their festive decorations up until Candlemas. It marks the official end of the festive period in England and falls exactly 40 days after Christmas and is ...

As of this past Sunday, liturgical churches have entered the Season of Advent. “Advent” means arrival or coming and the focus becomes the arrivals or comings of Jesus. One such coming is as a baby ...

Christmas decorations are typically put up on Advent Sunday, the fourth Sunday before the big day and most people take them down on the Twelfth NIght (12 days after Christmas) - although some may ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable 4th-century octagonal church in Armenia, shedding light on the nation's early ...

The discipline of the Churches of the west, after having reduced the time of the Advent fast, so far relented, in a few years, as to change the fast into a simple abstinence; and we even find ...

Craig Zinn Automotive has been in expansion mode. It paid $23.5 million last year for the 8.3-acre dealership development ...