Father Owen Gorman, a parish priest in the Clogher Diocese, said the Church “encourages infant baptism out of love for souls, ...

Millions of Christians have celebrated Timket, the Ethiopian Epiphany, throughout the East African country, with lively ...

By Molla Mitiku Every January, as sacred waters are prepared and ancient hymns rise before dawn, Timket (Ethiopian Epiphany) ...

TASS-FACTBOX. On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the ...

The Blessing of the Waters is primarily celebrated on January 6th (Theophany/Epiphany), commemorating Christ's baptism by ...

Like the cross atop the Wonder Wheel every Christmas, the baptismal font in church signifies more than a bath where a ritual ...

It may have been cold and snowy with an uninvited, unwelcome biting wind but, despite those conditions, a few dozen people ...

Clergy and members from several area Orthodox Christian churches braved the cold on Sunday afternoon to pray for God’s ...

COMMENTARY: Baptism makes us missionary disciples in communion with God and each other. As children of God, we are sent out ...

Sunday Reflections. Baptism of the Lord year A. We are all priests, prophets and kings ✠ A reading from the holy Gospel, ...

The Gospel (Mat. 3:13-17) reveals that Jesus came to the Jordan to be baptised by John and to fulfil righteousness. Just then ...

Just as we wouldn't leave newborns without clothes or food, we cannot leave them without faith and baptism, Pope Leo XIV told ...