Mentally, you may still be feeding off the festive high, refusing to let your Christmas flame burn out ... to start thinking about taking down the decorations and kicking your fir to the curb ...

A video of a Kenyan man kneeling to propose to his girlfriend in church has gone viral. Church congregation cheers as couple gets engaged. Photo: Shiru Stuart. In the heartwarming clip, the young man ...

It was called Candlemas because the candles used in the church for the next year would be blessed on February 2. However, this superstition was warped in the Victorian era. As Professor Nick Groom, ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – In yet another case of worsening insecurity in Nigeria, a Catholic priest in Anambra State has been shot dead. Father Tobias Chukwujekwu Okonkwo was shot dead Dec. 26 by ...

Haysbert and singer Ruthie Ann Miles joined the Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra and Bells at Temple Square and Gabriel Trumpet Ensemble as the featured guest artists at the 2024 Christmas concerts Dec. 19 ...

The decorations, which were traditionally put up on Christmas Eve, used to stay out until February 2 (the end of Candlemas). This used to be the official end of Christmas in Medieval England.

More than 3,000 people have signed a petition urging the owners of a chapel-turned bar in a Maryland Marriott property to abstain from serving liquor from the former high altar. Catholics are ...

Evergreens like fir, holly, ivy, and mistletoe that thrived in winter despite the darkness and the cold were favourite decorations ... like Christmas and Epiphany, a festival of light. Church ...

Christmas decorations bring much-needed holiday cheer every December, but as the new year arrives, it can be tricky to decide when it's the right time to pack them away for another year.

CHRISTMAS is over for another year, leaving many to wonder when is the best time to take festive decorations down. The decision is down to you when it comes to packing up the tinsel and the tree.

We can mark the Epiphany with Matthew 2.1-12, and the journey of the magi. Or we can keep what sounds like a more humdrum option: “Christmas 2”. But Christmas 2 gives us the mightiest Gospel of all: ...