This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

In a groundbreaking spiritual and cultural milestone, Gram Vikas Society, in collaboration with Universal Knowledge Trust, ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

This annual ritual, held on Holy Saturday (the day before Orthodox Easter), is a central tradition in Orthodox Christianity, ...

Israeli authorities imposed sweeping restrictions on Christian worshippers during Holy Saturday celebrations in Jerusalem, ...

The annual Jatra Mahotsava at the historic Sri Durga Parameshwari Temple in Kateel concluded with a visually stunning climax, ...

Holding unlit candles, they pack into the sprawling 12th century basilica built on the site where, according to tradition, ...

Each year, the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem leads the Holy Fire ceremony. He enters the Edicule, a small shrine within the Holy Sepulchre encasing Christ’s ...

Four months after its reopening, Notre Dame Cathedral hosted an emotional Easter ceremony Friday centered on the Crown of Thorns relic ...