Last Monday, June 2, marked the 150th anniversary of the episcopal consecration of James Augustine Healy as the second Bishop of Portland, Maine. James Augustine Healy was born into slavery in Jones ...

In the spirit of the sesquicentennial anniversary of the heritage hamlet’s Holy Cross Oratory ... converged outside its oratory for the annual feast on May 1. The Baptista House was built ...

Christian communities across the city will be celebrating the 'Feast Of The Holy Cross' on Sunday May 3. Devotees have been attending the novena - nine day - prayer services at the 200-year-old ...

So during Holy Week, the redeemed pause ... Traditional services begin on Maundy Thursday, the day Jesus ate his last meal on Earth with a promise to feast with them anew in the heavenly kingdom.

During Holy Week the liturgies intensify and run for hours and hours. Also called Passion Week, the gospels read in church retell the Passion of Christ, the painful days that led Him to the Cross and ...

The Church of Holy Cross Episcopal hosts Soup Days during Lent and Advent, serving homemade beef and vegetable soup, desserts, crackers and coffee. The lunches cost $7 a person, with proceeds ...

PLATTSBURGH — “Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month ... WOW! This Feast of the Holy Family reminds you and me that God walks with ...

Peter and Paul, and the feast of All Saints." But the same canon goes on to add: "However, the Episcopal Conference may, with the prior approval of the Apostolic See, suppress certain holy days of ...

Holy Comforter Episcopal School kicked off its 70th Anniversary ... as well as The Commons — a building used by every child, every day for lunch, performing arts classes and performances.

Russian icon of Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross (icon from Yaroslavl by Gury Nikitin, 1680. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow). On September 14, the church celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the ...

Christians of various backgrounds in Iraq and the Kurdistan Region are coming together to celebrate the feast from Monday through Saturday with festivities taking place in a different church each day ...

The other is the “Feast of the Holy Cross of ... Indeed, three days after his crucifixion, Jesus Christ rose from the dead. As an anonymous writer put it: “The cross became the highest display ...