Eight years ago, on April 12, 2017, my family and I were plunged into a dark­ness for which no words ever truly suffice. It was a grief born of medical negligence—the avoidable death of our ...

MOSCOW, FACTBOX. /TASS/. On January 7, Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate one of the most important Christian holidays - Christmas. This date is traditionally regarded by Orthodox churches as the ...

Christmas 2025 is set to be a global celebration of joy, peace, and connection, marking the birth of Jesus Christ. This festive season, steeped in tradition and evolving customs, offers a perfect ...

Christmas is a Christian holiday that observes the birth of Jesus. But did you know that the earliest followers of Jesus did not annually commemorate his birth? Or that Santa Claus is inspired by the ...

Poet Javed Akhtar claimed that Christmas was moved from spring to December to coincide with a popular pagan festival to ease religious transition in ancient Rome. Historians, however, say that ...

In many wars between Christian nations, soldiers have stopped or scaled back fighting in late December—but this has not always been the case. Even in the bloodiest and deadliest wars, there were ...

Thanks to the likes of decorative holiday manger scenes, Hollywood movies, and elementary school reenactments, the nativity story is now so ingrained in many of our minds that we could probably recite ...

Here’s the origin of Christmas as we know it, when it’s estimated Jesus might have been born and when Christians started ...

BLAINE, Minn. — Invictus Brewing Co. has poured its last beer. The Blaine brewery announced in July that it had sold the real estate where it had been since 2018. At the time, officials with the ...