NORFOLK VA. — In a dramatic video shared online by the Army ROTC, cadets at Virginia’s Old Dominion University are recounting how they stabbed and disarmed a gunman targeting their classroom, then frantically tried to save the life of the wounded instructor who grappled with the ...
Someone asked me the other day about a friend of theirs who told them they were not religious, they were “spiritual”. They asked me what that meant. I have often run into people who have told me very proudly that they were spiritual and not religious. There is a distinct difference. Often ...
We are standing on the edge of the Resurrection and the joy of Easter. We are to realize that, on this solemn Sunday, we are witnessing the greatest event in human history. We are witnesses to the death of death. We are saved from ending with no meaning. We can follow a path that leads not ...
TRIKORFO, Greece — Can a centuries-old ritual of spiritual renewal rekindle a New Year’s resolution to build healthy eating habits before it fades in the spring? For six weeks every year, millions of Orthodox Christians around the world adopt a largely vegan diet, abstaining from meat, ...
MIAMI — Good Friday is a unique — and uniquely solemn — day in the Christian calendar. It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus, ahead of what’s a central tenet of faith for believers — his resurrection two days later on Easter Sunday, according to the Gospels. This year, ...
COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The last ghoulish gargoyle has been returned to its perch as part of a two-year restoration of a Kentucky cathedral with a facade modeled after Notre Dame in Paris. The rehab project at the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption was sorely needed to repair deteriorated ...
