The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus ... the nearest to Christmas was called the first Sunday, and so on with the rest. So far back as the ninth and tenth centuries, these Sundays ...

The blessing of an Advent Wreath takes place on the First Sunday of Advent or on the evening before the First Sunday of Advent. When the blessing of the Advent Wreath is celebrated in the home ...

Christians worldwide will be observing the first ... Advent today, marking the time for reflection, introspection and preparation leading up to Christmas. Advent, the liturgical period preceding ...

While the bad news is that NFL football won't be back until the annual Hall of Fame Game—which will place this year on Thursday, July 31 in Canton, Ohio—the good news is: the league's calendar ...

Someone wrote Psalm 8 about 2,500 years ago. Long before that, Moses instructed his people to offer the first fruits of their harvest to the God who had given them everything. Centuries before the ...

A federal judge in New Hampshire will consider whether a town is infringing on the free speech rights of the bakery owner who's displaying the mural over his business.

The Cincinnati Art Museum will have a delayed opening Sunday due to the heavy snowfall.The museum will now open at 12:30 p.m. to allow for roads to be cleared.Member-only Morning, which takes ...

At times Van Gogh would have occupied one of the curtained beds in the men’s ward on the first floor of the hospital, although on other occasions he apparently had a single room. The ward was ...

The heroine of Roisín O’Donnell’s novel “Nesting” is a young mother desperate to escape her husband’s physical and emotional control. By Katie J.M. Baker Edmund White seems to hold ...

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Vincent Bal, a Belgian artist known for his creative and playful illustrations, has captivated the art world with his unique ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Sunday is a First Alert Weather Day due to the cold front approaching. Sunday morning to early afternoon is breezy and warm and dry. As winds become gusty out of the south ...