Area houses of worship are invited to share their news for our free weekly listings. Email information to Mercury Editor Tony ...

Our Christmas usually lasts beyond the first few days after Christmas to the 6th of January when we celebrate Epiphany, the ...

I traveled to Lima, Peru, at the kind invitation of my online Spanish teacher, who lives in this beautiful and historic South American capital city, and offered to show me around his city before he ...

If you're looking for a place to order a king cake this season, the Jackson area has options. Most shops stop selling king cake on the last day of Carnival, also known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, ...

Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having praised his universal ...

As I write this, it is the 12th of January 2025. It is the first Sunday after the Epiphany. The Epiphany took place on the ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through ...

Dozens of people in Moscow take a dip in freezing water to mark Epiphany, a major holiday in Orthodox Christianity. The ritual marks the baptism of Jesus Christ and is said to cleanse the participant ...

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian Epiphany feast is celebrated throughout the country and commemorates the baptism of Jesus Christ ...

The Epiphany — one of the oldest festivals of the Catholic church — commemorates the Biblical journey of the three magi to visit baby Jesus that faithful view as evidence that Jesus was the ...

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers in Bulgaria on Monday braved the freezing winter weather to plunge into icy waters as they observed centuries-old Epiphany ...