1+ week, 2+ day ago   (23+ words) BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Young Orthodox Christians gathered in Romania's capital for a candlelit procession, part of the annual International Meeting of Orthodox Youth....

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (473+ words) The prayer gathering in one of the regions hardest hit by this year’s wildfire season comes as the province faces prolonged dry weather that has heightened the risk of forest and peatland fires. The latest satellite data from the Environment…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1084+ words) It was Shavuot, the Jewish holiday commemorating God giving the Torah to Moses. Hallegua reached the 458-year-old Paradesi Synagogue where he knew he would pray alone — without a minyan, the quorum of 10 males required for a communal service. Hallegua is…...

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2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1084+ words) Leo is spending the rest of July at the papal retreat at Castel Gandolfo, the Vatican's historic summer residence south of Rome that the American pope has turned into his weekly getaway for tennis and swimming. The Vatican said Leo…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (653+ words) Religious observances during this period are primarily associated with Shiite Muslims. But in Rathore’s hometown some members of the Hindu community also commemorate the martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, Imam Hussein. “Muharram is very important to me and I…...