The Reverend Dr James Hawkey explores the gifts the Magi brought to Jesus, and asks what we might lay at Christ's feet in this new year. The Reverend Dr James Hawkey, Canon Theologian and Almoner You ...

Why did the Magi offer the baby Jesus gold, frankincense and myrrh? An oft-mentioned spiritual reading holds that the gifts of the Magi were symbols of who the baby Jesus was: Gold was the sign that ...

Early Christian sources differ on how many Magi visited the infant Jesus, and whether they were kings at all. "The Magi Journeying" by James Tissot. Tradition has landed on three wise men for the ...

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Christmas is a story that still inspires millions of people around the world to seek light even in the longest night. It all began more than two thousand years ago, in a modest cave in Bethlehem, when ...

MOSCOW, FACTBOX. /TASS/. On January 7, Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate one of the most important Christian holidays - Christmas. This date is traditionally regarded by Orthodox churches as the ...