Thanksgiving is almost here and with it comes a bounty of good things like like home-cooked food (or a meal out), a gathering of loved ones and an entire day devoted to giving thanks for life's ...

Around the Christmas period, most families are preparing for the festivities by hanging decorations, planning dinner parties, and thinking about Christmas presents. However, for Orthodox Christians ...

How does one commemorate the joy – or challenge – associated with moving into a new home? For many, a home blessing brings a sense of the sacred into their living space. Home blessings are practiced ...

Looking for a Christmastime tradition with a beautiful age-old custom for your family? Plan a house blessing for the new year. As the new year begins, Father Marek Smolka, associate pastor and ...

Michael Baror, deputy ambassador at the Israeli embassy in Kenya (with watering can), plants a tree at the Ramogi Institute of Advanced Technology in Kisumu, Kenya. Photo by Ryan Torok With the ...