Aurora is the home of two Orthodox Christian Churches that will gather this weekend for a holy occasion. In honor of the Holy ...

A new Church, Shrine and monasteries at the Baptism Site of Jesus Christ will be officially inaugurated next Friday, 10 ...

Card Pietro Parolin will preside over the solemn ceremony as papal legate on 10 January. The structure stands on land in the ...

AMMAN - Pope Francis has appointed Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin as a papal envoy to inaugurate the ...

The Orthodox Christian community in Reading has held a ritual blessing of the River Thames in one of the first major ...

Cross Dive: The archbishop will cast the Epiphany cross into the water where dozens of young men will dive for it. Whoever ...

In Bulgaria, thousands of Orthodox Christians endure freezing waters for the Epiphany celebration, partaking in the age-old tradition of retrieving a cross to ensure a year of health. This elaborate ...

Young men plunged into rivers and lakes across the Balkan country, which is primarily Orthodox, to retrieve crucifixes tossed ...

It is also known as the Feast of Epiphany, Three Kings Day and Theophany. In some traditions, it celebrates the baptism of ...

I can never forget the first baptism I celebrated. I was a transitional deacon assigned to a parish in the Archdiocese of ...

Such homage continues to this day; early each year, the Blessing of the River Thames takes place in ... a nod to the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The service take places on the first Sunday ...