The feast of the Epiphany (“manifestation”), which entered the Western calendar from the East in the fourth century, is to all intents and purposes a second celebration of Christmas. We in the West ...
Christmas has come, and now, in the light of Epiphany, its meaning continues to unfold. How do we allow the supernatural event that we celebrate to truly affect us? The shepherds and the magi, who ...
In 1622, Lancelot Andrewes, the bishop of Winchester, preached a nativity sermon that has echoed down the centuries. Most famously, it had a profound impact on T. S. Eliot’s classic poem “Journey of ...
C’est une heureuse nouvelle pour les fans de Nikos Aliagas. TF1 remet à l’antenne l’un de ses divertissements musicaux les plus identifiables. “La chanson secrète” fait son retour ce vendredi 26 ...
With 2026 almost here, it’s time for New Year’s tax resolutions. This year, I suggest readers focus on three issues likely to confuse them, based on Tax Report’s reader mail and comments. These are ...
Archaeologist Brian Windle asserted that the learned trifecta were actually priests or astrologers from an ancient Middle Eastern Kingdom called Nabatea. ullstein bild via Getty Images They’re more ...
The identities of the Three Wise Men may have finally been revealed by a biblical researcher who claims they may not have been three kings from the East after all. Research by the Associates for ...
If Sir Alex Ferguson told you to come and sit next to him in the Manchester United dugout in the middle of a European match, what would you say? On one stormy night in Moscow in 1992, photographer ...
Magi Haroun took this photograph of Sir Alex Ferguson with the Premier League trophy If Sir Alex Ferguson told you to come and sit next to him in the Manchester United dugout in the middle of a ...
La chanson emblématique de Noël "All I Want for Christmas Is You" de Mariah Carey a été devancée en ce mois de décembre sur Spotify par un autre titre. On la croyait indétrônable. Mais force est de ...
Every Christmas, we set up the Nativity scene: Mary, Joseph, the baby in the manger, shepherds, angels and of course, the “Three Kings” with their crowns and gifts. But if you read Matthew 2 carefully ...
Early Christian sources differ on how many Magi visited the infant Jesus, and whether they were kings at all. "The Magi Journeying" by James Tissot. Tradition has landed on three wise men for the ...