After her grandson died, Peggy Winckowski kept hosting breakfasts for his friends all through their high school years. “She ...

The decorating of an evergreen tree at Christmas as we know it can be traced ... be adorned with little family treasures and religious symbols. Bright balls and lights are fine also and lend ...

Before Christ came wreaths had long been in use, as symbols of fertility ... the holly and ivy and the Passion, but used at Christmas time, and the pomegranate, as seen above, which symbolizes ...

What happens to coins when a monarch or spiritual leader passes? Discover how powers across Europe—like the Vatican, the UK, ...

I grew up in the Mediterranean at a time when in my native country of Albania we went from no religious celebrations for 50 ...

The Conversation explores the origins of the long and interesting journey the Easter Bunny has taken from European prehistory ...

Easter Sunday is both the end and the beginning: the end of the Paschal Triduum and the beginning of the great 50 days of the Easter season. The Resurrection of Jesus Christ and its celebration are so ...

When two penniless actresses meet in Shanghai at auditions for Ibsen’s A Doll’s House, they quickly become inseparable. But as political upheaval rips through China, their tumultuous ...

The movie, directed by Bryce Dallas Howard, celebrates animals while planting a seed of interest in rescue operations. By Alissa Wilkinson Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action ...

Such a powerful symbol of renewal naturally resonated with the first generations of Christians, who frequently depicted peacocks in catacomb frescoes and on mosaics in some of the oldest ...