Does your congregation have any special or unusual Advent or Christmas customs? Are there any that are characteristic of your country/culture?

I am reposting here my annual collection of resources on the Epiphany, the visit of the magi to the young Jesus, as recorded in Matthew 2. The article is in three sections, plus a link to our video ...

Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on social media. She was 73. Hussey died ...

She also played Mary in the 1977 miniseries 'Jesus of Nazareth' and was memorable in 'Black Christmas' and 'Death on the Nile ...

The trumpets blared throughout the streets of Rome and the known world of the day. An edict decreed by the emperor spread ...

Olivia Hussey, who has died aged 73, found fame as a teenager when she was cast as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli’s film ...

The celebration of Easter and Christmas, the two greatest solemnities, continues for eight days, with each octave governed by ...

Olivia Hussey, an actor who was scouted for Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 'Romeo and Juliet' adaptation and starred in 'Black ...

Every Christmas, a relatively small town in the Palestinian West Bank comes center stage: Bethlehem. Jesus, according to some ...

According to Luke, Mary and Joseph start out in Nazareth, but need to travel to Bethlehem to be counted in the Roman ... and a two-story building that could have been a guest house or an inn. These ...

Over the course of the next several months, this young woman’s life would become a whirlwind of supernatural proportions.