On Christmas Day, Orthodox believers try not only to observe the external traditions of the holiday, but also to deepen their ...

Kipatauw’s Christian lineage traces back to the 19th century, when Canadian missionary George Leslie Mackay began preaching ...

“Many cultures have Christmas hymns, but the particular tradition among Poles is very strong,” said the Rev. Aron Maghsoudi, ...

The men, all wearing their navy fishermen's jumpers, known locally as ganseys, are practising Ship Ahoy for their upcoming ...

While most of the world celebrates Christmas on December 25, the festival arrives almost two weeks later in this country.

At a church in Sumatra, dozens of worshippers sang hymns at a Christmas mass, gathered together for their first service since ...

Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sung would feature on Australian ...

Russia's Christmas date goes back centuries, to a time when the entire Christian world followed the Julian calendar ...

Major American wars where Christians killed other Christians include the American Revolution (50,000 lives lost), the War of ...

Gaza’s tiny Palestinian Christian community is trying to capture some of the Christmas spirit under a fragile ceasefire in ...

At midnight on Christmas Eve, the hymn “Laylat al Milad” echoes in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, where Christians ...

Lü Xiaomin never received formal music training. But her worship songs have made her a household name in China’s churches. At 5 a.m. every day, Lü Xiaomin kneels on the floor in a dimly lit room of an ...