We call the celebration “Palm Sunday”, which is simpler to conceptualise than saying that the 3.5-kilometre trip from Mt Olives to Old Jerusalem was a triumphant entry. Even though the people spread ...

And about three o’clock, Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why ...

A number of faith traditions observe fasts, celebratory meals, and remembrances that are central to their meaning as a religion.

Expect £5 spritzes, fried dough ball “cuddles” with prosciutto and piquant stracchino cheese, agnolotti bobbing in brodo, slabs of rare roast beef and dinky roast potatoes, and an ascetic but ...

The going is rough. But those who go through rough times that lead to much better days are – when people look back decades later – often considered the lucky ones.

Yemen`s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed their first attack on Israel since the outbreak of the current West Asia conflict a month ago, marking their entry into the widening conflict ...

A former member of Iron Maiden has been quietly added to the band's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nomination ballot after previously being excluded. Blaze Bayley, who fronted the band during the ...

Hosanna,’ which was shouted on Palm Sunday, means ‘save now.’ It is now also a joyful praise, observes Derrick Porter ...

NEW YORK (RNS) — Just ahead of Passover and Holy Week, clergy invoked the biblical stories of liberation and resistance to ...

This event is reported by all four Gospel writers. Even the writers of the Epistles, directly or indirectly, allude to this occurrence. It was so prominent and symbolic that no biblical researcher, ...

When you live through wars, they change you. They become something you survive as a heroic community. Every single citizen.

A South African comedian is being sued for $27 million over a viral joke that mistranslated the iconic "Circle of Life" chant ...