Carnival Season typically starts after Epiphany on Jan. 6 and culminates on Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5 this year.

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Representatives from Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury want schools statewide to acknowledge Three Kings Day and its ...

It won’t be the last time the song plays at Epiphany Church. Casey is among Philly’s religious leaders who plan to include ...

If you find the baby in your slice of king cake, congratulations! You get to be "king" or "queen" for the day. But you also ...

The baby celebrates Christianity and symbolizes the baby Jesus, aligning with the celebration of the Epiphany. Some say finding the baby is good luck. Others say it means you’re expected to buy the ...

Carnival Season typically starts after Epiphany on Jan. 6 and culminates on Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5 this year.

Orthodox Christians celebrate Epiphany on the night of Jan. 18-19, with Russians across the country typically plunging themselves into icy seas, lakes and rivers to mark the occasion. Officials in ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Temperatures across Russia have been increasing over the past quarter of a century in line with global warming, says meteorologist Leonid Starkov. MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of ...

In North Macedonia, believers celebrate Epiphany by throwing the Holy Cross into the the water, commemorating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the Jordan River. The Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional ...

Svyatogirsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian ...