The holiday season, for many, is a time of gathering with family and focusing on the true meaning behind the approaching celebration. Subsequently, one reflective and thoughtful tradition that is ...

Pope Leo XIV offers his traditional Christmas ‘Urbi et Orbi’ blessing from the central balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica Dec. 25, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Pope Leo Thursday offered ...

Bruce Short hangs an ornament on a Christmas tree at Arcadia Bar in Portland on Dec. 17, 2023, during a tree-decorating contest to raise money for the Midcoast Humane Society. Credit: Troy R. Bennett ...

Around the Christmas period, most families are preparing for the festivities by hanging decorations, planning dinner parties, and thinking about Christmas presents. However, for Orthodox Christians ...

It's the holly jolly season. In fact, you just might say that it's the best time of the year. If that Christmas saying sounds familiar, it's because you've probably heard it a hundred times in the ...

Christmas is just around the corner, and the spirit of the season is already in the air. The world seems to have been painted in shades of red, green, and white. With hollies and mistletoe decorating ...

When Scott Cover and his family lived in Savannah, Georgia, and their church was throwing out piles of junk during a renovation, there was one item the military officer decided did not belong in the ...

2. "Almighty God, grant that the new birth of your Son in the flesh redeems us from the old slavery under the yoke of sin, so we may receive him with joy as our Redeemer, and that when when he comes ...