Restoration work is underway at the 3,000-year-old Temple of Hecate in Lagina, a center of ancient pagan beliefs located in Türkiye's southwestern province of Mugla. The upper structure of the columns ...

Devotees draw inspiration from Brigid the saint — and from Brigid the ancient pagan goddess, whose name and attributes she shares. Dancers perform in front of an image of St. Brigid projected onto The ...

Easter is celebrated as a Christian holiday, but some believe its roots trace back to a pagan goddess named Eostre. Did ...

Archaeologists have unearthed 'Nativity-like scene statues' in the ancient ruins of the Roman pagan city of Pompeii. Approximately 13 figurines were found in what was once a home, and while the ...

Jesus Christ’s resurrection isn’t just central to the Christian liturgical calendar. “It’s the central mystery of our faith,” Bob Feeny, pastor at Westminster United Church, said. “That Jesus Christ ...

Spring/April/the time of the equinox is the time of celebration of the ancient spring fertility festival honoring the goddess Eostre (Ostara, Oestera). This celebration, of pagan origin, pays tribute ...

Picking up her Catholic rosary, Meg Williams, a 24-year-old from Maine, begins her prayers like this: "Hail Persephone, full of strength and beauty. . . . Blessed are you and blessed is the cycle of ...

Picking up her Catholic rosary, Meg, a 24-year-old from Maine, begins her prayers like this: “Hail Persephone, full of strength and beauty. … Blessed are you and blessed is the cycle of your life.

Devotees of St. Brigid celebrated her Sunday with the return of a relic associated with the so-called matron saint of Ireland. The festivities came about a millennium after her remains were removed ...