Nearly 500,000 pilgrims of all denominations visit this site annually, which is under the protection of the Baptism Site Commission. According to the Gospel (John 1:28), this is “Bethany Beyond ...

But the Bible does not ignore the ambivalent nature of water, a symbol of both death and life ... see these two crossings as a prefiguration of baptism. In all four Gospels, Jesus' public life ...

A young lady, Carolyn Wambui Kiarie disclosed she was a reverend at Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Thika Diocese at 23 pursuing her master's in theology.

For those who practice infant baptism like Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, and some other Protestant denominations, they see it as a symbol of God’s covenant and a welcoming into the family of God.

Thankfully the symbols they use are (mostly) universal, so once you've learned what each represents (as we explain below) you shouldn't have any problems no matter what you find in your laundry basket ...

After a performance of the Nutcracker was recently performed in Belgrade, several members of the cast demonstrated by showing the audience symbols used by the Hamas terrorist organization ...

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.

the world’s baptism as it were”), so here after Christ’s baptism descends the same symbol of peace, peace being the first fruits of the Spirit. In Noah’s day sin drowned the world ...

Parolin inaugurated and consecrated the Church of the Baptism of the Lord at Al-Maghtas, known as Bethany Beyond the Jordan, before thousands of Jordanians, Palestinians, other Arabs and diplomats.

One of the largest churches in the Middle East The whole historic baptism site was identified and classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site some 20 years ago. It has since then been the subject ...