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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 ...

Sunday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m., we will gather for our weekly service at 1701 W Oak Avenue, Duncan, OK. Join us for dynamic worship and an empowering message that will encourage you to embrace the ...

In North Macedonia, believers celebrate Epiphany by throwing the Holy Cross into the the water, commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. The Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...

Russians in the southern city of Anapa took their traditional Epiphany dips in waters affected by a major oil spill, officials said, despite concerns about the toxic pollution. Orthodox Christians ...

Men exit a pond after plunging themselves in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through ...

Although the United States of America launched a successful revolution against the British monarchy in 1776, there are moments when this isn't always so obvious. If you walk into any supermarket ...

President Donald Trump’s latest inaugural speech was notable not for its inclusion of God but for the specific personal nature of what he said.

What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don't they come from your desires that battle within you? You want something but don't get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you want. You ...

The lectionary New Testament readings for the coming week, Epiphany 2 in Year C, are 1 Corinthians 12.1-11 and John 2.1-11. For written commentary on John 2 (the wedding at Cana), see here, and for ...