Pagan Origins and the Name Eostre Easter is believed to have originated as a pagan festival celebrating the arrival of spring ...

It showed unrestrained aggression toward a store merely for wishing its Jewish patrons well for the holy Passover festival.

Archaeologists have deciphered ancient inscriptions at the site traditionally believed to be where Jesus held the Last Supper ...

Where does the Easter Bunny come from? As Christians probably already know, the Bible makes no mention of a mythical hare who ...

Archaeologists have deciphered ancient inscriptions at the site traditionally believed to be where Jesus held the Last Supper ...

A rare and powerful spring snowstorm dumped over a metre of snow across the Alps on Thursday, causing major disruption in France, Italy, and Switzerland. One person died, resorts shut down ...

An illegal garbage dump seems an unlikely setting for a holiday story, but when a photojournalist captured 12-year-old Gabriel Silva pulling a Christmas tree from a fetid mountain of trash ...

Food and faith have partnered since Eve polished that fateful apple. The loaves and the fishes, water to wine, the Pascal lamb, a Sabbath challah bread. Hindus use ghee (melted ...

Navarro Matters,” Review & Outlook, April 9)? Amid the trade kerfuffle, I have wondered: Will store shelves be empty this Christmas? Toys of the brands that our children and grandchildren love ...

This week, we are giving you the chance to win a special trip to Switzerland to visit the Basel Christmas Market, courtesy of Christmasmarkets.com, the only comprehensive internet directory of ...

A federal judge on Friday ordered Turkish national Rumeysa Ozturk to be returned to Vermont, where she will remain in custody, pending a bail hearing. Ozturk, a PhD student at Tufts University, was ...