With Christmas approaching, many Christians are preparing to celebrate the Advent season in preparation for one of the holiest days of the year. Advent, a four-week season leading up to Christmas ...

Christians also use Advent candles, usually organized on an Advent wreath, during the season of Advent. “In Western Christianity, Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day, or the ...

JERUSALEM — On the Saturday before Easter, thousands of Christians gather in the cavernous Church of the Holy Sepulcher for a centuries-old ceremony known as the Holy Fire. Holding unlit candles ...

Advent 2024 starts on Sunday. Dec. 1. Here's what Christians do during Advent, how long it lasts and how it's different from Christmas.

Advent is a period of reflection, joy and hope for peace. Here's what happens during Advent and why there are pink and purple candles.

Colombian authorities have been searching for Fr. Carlos Jaimes Guerrero, a 30-year-old Augustinian friar who went missing on June 17, and they still have not identified potential reasons for his ...

Christmas lights descend from the candles once used to decorate Christmas trees, which in turn may have links to pre-Christian traditions.

Dweilaa, a densely populated district in southern Damascus, grief hangs heavy in the air. The streets are unusually quiet. Shops are shuttered. Candles flicker outside homes in mourning. Just few days ...

NFL training camp 2022 live: Christian McCaffrey longs for candles, San Francisco 49ers tired of fighting, Joe Burrow staying involved with Cincinnati Bengals ...

On a table in the living room, Tina - not her real name - has made a display with tealights, pastel-coloured eggs, candles and a little wooden cross. It's her own, intimate way to mark Easter. She ...