A religious studies scholar reveals the complicated origins of Easter and how this holiday has evolved over the centuries.

EOSTRE: The naming of the celebration seems to go back to a pre-Christian goddess in England who was celebrated at beginning of spring. STOCK PHOTO ...

As the presumed anniversary of the day of the Crucifixion, Good Friday had for ages been solemnly observed throughout ...

While many people celebrate Christmas as a Christian holiday centered around ... holly is an iconic symbol of Christmas, and Eliza Cook’s 1840 poem “The Christmas Holly” is an ode to the ...

Funerary stele inscribed with “ΙΧΘΥϹ ΖΩΝΤΩΝ” (“fish of the living”), an early Christian symbol. National Roman Museum. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. The humble fish, or ...

Symbols of green trees showed up on the score graphics for every dot ball during IPL 2025 matches. The step was a part of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s green initiative. The BCCI, having ...

And a visit to the farm recently showed several thousand trees in various states of growth, meaning plenty of fantastic Christmas trees for several years to come, with the next generations of tree ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot MONTREAL — In an effort to reinforce secularism in schools, the Quebec government is planning to expand the province’s ban on religious symbols to everyone who ...

MONTREAL — In an effort to reinforce secularism in schools, the Quebec government is planning to expand the province’s ban on religious symbols to everyone who interacts with students.

The Quebec government has put forward legislation that would extend the province's ban on the wearing of religious symbols to support staff in schools, and prohibit students from having their ...