My plan for 2025 is to start a new career as a mediator. I would go around mediating wherever I see conflict. For my sustained contributions to conflict-resolution, I would be awarded the Nobel Peace ...

"Once, in a dream I flew. I saw myself as a baby with many eyes looking at me. These eyes came with faces ... faces that were talking to me lovingly in a language I couldn't understand.

Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having praised his universal ...

It has been announced that from Monday 27th January, the Bill Bryson Library will no longer operate at all hours. From Monday to Friday, it will be open from 8am until midnight. From Saturday to ...

As I write this, it is the 12th of January 2025. It is the first Sunday after the Epiphany. The Epiphany took place on the ...

Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate Epiphany with a plunge into icy waters.

Climate change is threatening the traditional ice-bathing of Orthodox Christians on Epiphany: In many places in Russia and ...

Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the ...

Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany on Jan. 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes ...

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Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing ...