Nowhere else in Greece have traditions rooted in the worship of Dionysus remained as vibrant as in Eastern Macedonia ...

TikTok—specifically #witchtok—is fueling interest in paganism. Here’s how to immerse yourself in full moon rituals, spellcasting, and more. The Ivana Kupala festival, in Kyiv, Ukraine, is part of an ...

The Celtic festival of Samhain celebrates a time of year when the division between Earth and the otherworld collapses, allowing spirits to pass through. Matt Cardy/Getty Images The Irish often get ...

Christmas is the most celebrated of Christian holidays, commemorating what the faithful believe was the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But many of the season's most enduring symbols ...

Dancing around a blazing fire with garlands of wildflowers in their hair, members of Lithuania's Romuva neo-pagan community mark the summer solstice, as the Baltic state undergoes a revival of its pre ...

Should religious folks celebrate Halloween? In answering this question I have a duty to my readers and a duty to my grandchildren, Zeke and Daisy. Spoiler alert: Zeke and Daisy are going to win. First ...

This is in response to the letter from Susan Homza, who claims that celebrating Christmas is akin to worshipping Jesus. To claim this is to imply that Christmas is a biblical holiday, and that Jesus ...

Only once, and only in the King James Version of the Bible, is the Greek word "Pascha" translated as Easter in (Acts 12:4). All other current versions properly translate "Pascha" as "Passover." Easter ...

Ah, it is almost springtime! And every parson knows what this means, because it is time for a flurry of weddings. Every faith does the rites of matrimony in slightly different ways, but they often ...

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