The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

This Celtic celebration of fire and fertility culminates in the marriage of the May Queen and the Green Man—and the arrival ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

The ancient Greeks considered Dionysus the 12th Olympic god. He was not taken seriously by his father Zeus nor by most of the ...

Hot cross buns have long heralded the start of Easter in the western world, with the marked cross on top a symbol of ...

Among the claims made were that Jesus never existed, that the Gospels are later fabrications, and that the Resurrection ...

Once many years ago, I overheard a conversation where a younger man attempted to explain to an older woman how the holiday of Easter was entirely of pagan origins. Possessing more bravery, I could ...

ShareThe celebration of Triumphant Entry and Palm Sunday ushers in the Holy Week and Easter, bringing the Lenten season to an ...

Pagan Origins and the Name Eostre Easter is believed to have originated as a pagan festival celebrating the arrival of spring ...

By Darius von Guttner Sporzynski Hot cross buns aren’t just a sweet snack that appears around Easter. They carry centuries of ...

Eve. Tomorrow is one of the holiest days of Christendom. And again, we’ll hear the debate of why that bunny gets more attention than Jesus. Of course, he shouldn’t. But he’s been around a lot longer ...