The Christmas season doesn't abruptly end on Dec. 25. Indeed, even after the 12 days leading up to Epiphany and the final day ...

In the spring of 1096, during the First Crusade, Christian crusaders and local mobs unleashed brutal violence on Jewish communities in the German cities of Speyer, Worms, Mainz and Cologne. Thousands ...

Baptism has a rich history predating the establishment of the Christian church. In ancient times, Jewish communities ...

Some scholars believe the Letter to the Colossians is a Deutero-Pauline Epistle, in other words, one of the disciples of Paul ...

What economic impacts and consequences did conversion carry in early modern Rome? The history of an elite Jewish family ...

Pope Francis baptized 21 babies in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, in what has ...

At 11 a.m. on Sunday Jan. 12, everyone is invited to celebrate the First Sunday after the Epiphany at Bethel AME Church, ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, is the pope’s special envoy for the Mass of consecration of the Church of the Baptism of Christ, January 10. The site is traditionally believed to ...

Centre Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, will celebrate the First Sunday after Epiphany on Jan. 12 at 10 a.m. at 193 Main St. The service will also be streamed on the Friends of Centre ...

Jan. 12, is the Baptism of the Lord Sunday in the Christian calendar. We will have a baptism during this service and hear testimonies from our Holy Land team ...

I typically experience a tinge of sadness leaving the Christmas season because it is so lovely. There are many joyous ...

The gospel lectionary reading for the First Sunday of Epiphany/the Baptism of Christ in this Year C is Luke 3.15–17, 21–22. We have recently been exploring Luke 3 during Advent, having read the first ...