Throughout Advent, a prominent Nativity scene serves as a continual reminder of the Church’s participation in attentive ...

One way some Christian nonprofits mark the season is by offering free online daily devotionals on hope, peace, joy and love.

Advent is the time of preparation to receive the grace of Christmas the only way we Christians can truly prepare: clinging to ...

Despite 2025's global wars and crises, the season of Advent reveals how hope endures through the darkness, drawing on ...

THE Collect for today, Advent Sunday, in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer teems with soul-saving biblical truth: ‘Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us ...

Rev. Chris McCreight says we should approach our scriptures with the idea that they aren't always only about Jesus.

In his homily for the first Sunday of Advent, the pope referred to the first reading (Isaiah 2:1-5) as "one of the most ...

The weeks leading up to Christmas are typically a time of anticipation and preparation for Christians, but for some immigrant ...

A DVENT CALENDARS never used to be much fun. Each day in December, as part of the lead-up to Christmas, you would peel back a ...

The first modern commercially printed Advent calendar is credited to Gerhard Lang (1881-1974), a German publisher based in ...

Advent, the start of the church’s liturgical year, begins Sunday, Nov. 30. It is the season of preparation for Christ’s birth ...

King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia have opened the Castle Church’s doors to public for a major celebration.Taking to its ...