Advent: With race in mind, Christians reconsider language of dark and light
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, reports on the growing number of Christians who are having conversations around Advent imagery of dark and light…
COVID-themed candles on sale in Greece for Orthodox Easter
Athens, Greece AP Inside Greece’s Orthodox churches, candles are a symbol of faith and simplicity, slender and traditionally made of beeswax, and placed in large candleholders filled with sand. Outside, buyers are looking for a wow-factor to go with Easter gifts: They are sold with dolls, watches and karaoke microphones, or fashioned using dyes and […]
SNAPSHOT: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL
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