January holidays and observances to celebrate year after year

We celebrate the start of the year with New Year’s Day (Jan. 1) and Martin Luther King Jr. Day (aka MLK Day, on Jan. 20 in ...

Thecla, the beast fighter: The saint who faced down lions and killer seals is one of many ‘leading ladies’ in early Christian texts

The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla.
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How ‘synagogue of Satan’ went from New Testament phrase to antisemitic catch-all

Billy Graham’s use of the phrase underscored a connection between Christianity and antisemitism seen in the 2026 Mississippi ...
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Synagogue arson suspect posted satirical antisemitic cartoon on day of the attack

Stephen Spencer Pittman, who has been charged with setting fire to Mississippi’s oldest synagogue, recently launched a ...