Rooted in early Christian tradition, Candlemas marks the presentation of Jesus and purification of the Virgin Mary at Herod's ...
Millennia after being buried, street once traversed by millions of faithful from southern end of ancient Jerusalem to Western ...
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity concludes at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Annunciation, near Jaffa Gate – the seat of the Melkite community in Jerusalem and one of the most discreet yet ...
Jerusalem District Commissioner Avshalom Peled approved the placement of an organized shoe rack at the entrance to the Temple ...
Visit the Jerusalem Cinematheque and watch Peter Greenaway’s 1988 film Drowning in Numbers. The comedy-drama explores three ...
We celebrate a joyful mystery today, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, when Mary and Joseph brought their infant ...
The spotlight returned to Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil said ...
Punxsutawney Phil's handlers say he's seen his shadow and is therefore predicting six more weeks of winter weather. Phil's ...
Thousands of people gather every year at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., to see the weather-predictor extraordinaire.
For most Mexicans, the festive season begins on Dec. 16 with the first posada and ends on Feb. 2 with Candlemas, or the Presentation of the Lord.