For the first time since 2007, Hanukkah will begin on Christmas Day — to. While these holidays are distinct in their origins ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

Could Jesus Christ have been born on 25 Kislev, the first night of Hanukkah — the Festival of Lights — in 5 BC? It’s an ...

I believe the love of Christmas coupled with the loathing of Christianity is one reason why atheists continue to repeat the ...

But did you know that the tale of Christmas probably goes back to the ancient city of Rome? Yep, without the Saturnalia ...

Numerous customs and cultural practices of the Minoan civilization from Crete have been preserved through the Christian ...

Latter-day Saint artists add their creative gifts to the collective witness of the Christian world that a baby born 2,025 ...

The First Five Hundred Years,” Paula Fredriksen explores how a localized sect became a universal Roman church.

Archaeologists located an ancient Egyptian temple slotted into a cliff face. The site—likely dedicated to a lion-headed ...

The story in Matthew’s gospel, that the rumor of a new-born king produced a violent reaction, feels typical of Herod: just in ...

The main entrance to the suspected temple is thought to lie behind the monumental gateway, according to researchers.