According to History.com, one contends that Easter eggs are connected to pagan traditions. The eggs were seen as Easter wishes, since they represented new life in the ancient world, and as such ...

Let's dive into the history and traditions of Shrove Tuesday and find the date for 2025, along with the complete Lenten season timeline. The roots of Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, trace back ...

As our own cultural moment in the United States has included some prominent conversions to Catholicism, what might we learn ...

With crowded celebrations of Ireland’s patron saint no longer appealing to her, Nicola Brady discovers why St Brigid’s ...

I reach the final column in my series on the lost ancient kingdoms of Scotland and I am concluding with Bernicia, which flourished in ...

Groundhog Day is getting closer and closer … and so is spring. Groundhog Day is Sunday, Feb. 2, and spring is just weeks away, March 21. Tradition says that North America will get six more weeks of ...

On this week's 51%, we speak with journalist and author Pagan Kennedy about her new book The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story, tracking the life and work of Martha “Marty ...

Lent ends with Holy Week and Easter Sunday, an important day in the Christian calendar that honors the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion on the cross, per BBC.

A shocking new theory regarding the Easter Island heads could rewrite the history of the iconic statues. It's now been claimed that the carvings are actually thousands of years older than ...

Image of one of the rooms discovered in the ancient complex. An ancient pagan worship place, allegedly sealed by ancestors of Jesus Christ has been discovered in the heart of Jerusalem after ...

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