In early January, believers celebrate one of the most important church holidays — Christmas. A special role in it is played ...

The Rod of Asclepius remains a symbol of health and medicine around the world to this day. Asclepius was a demi-god son of ...

Christmas did not begin in Bethlehem. If we imagine the story starting only with Mary, Joseph, shepherds, and a manger, we ...

Moses’ and Aaron’s first encounter with Pharaoh turned out, on a human scale, to be a disaster: The conditions of Hebrew slavery worsened. They now faced the same brick quota without the necessary ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient sun god temple in Egypt, which showed signs of being modified into a residential area after a century of use. Excavations at Abu Ghurab, about 16km (10 miles) ...

Some things never change -- humor, luckily, is one thing that hasn't changed a great deal, as we can see by the comedies of ...

Senior rabbi at Bridgeport's Congregation B'nai Israel responds to recent vandalism of menorah that was crafted and gifted by ...

What began as evergreen worship in pre-Christian cultures evolved through German traditions, British royal influence, and ...

Marketers have the power to shift pricing from a “finance-led” approach focused on discounting and price elasticity to something “truly innovative”.

AI is accelerating a decades-old trend: the morphing of religion from communal activity into private pursuit. “Faith community” is becoming an outdated term. The solitary believer, alone with their ...

Beginning in 1624, Dutch immigrants brought St. Nicholas traditions to New Amsterdam, which became New York in 1664. Dutch called Saint Nicholas - "Sant Nikolaus" or "Sinter Klass," which became ...