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The church apologized but also said the performance had been taken out of context. Videos of the 'vertep' pageant were taken ...

The pageant that took place at St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Clifton, New Jersey, is known as a vertep - ...

Church shares video of man dressed as Hasidic Jew who refers to himself as a 'zhyd' while carrying a sack of coins and ...

And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young ...

Dr Luke, in his Gospel, narrated how Simeon, aged and a devout child of God, was made to go to the temple one day by God. As he lifted one baby, he heard, “This is He”. That was the Saviour he had ...

January is more than just a month of frigid temperatures and potential snow days. A month named after the Roman god Janus, ...

The Christmas pageant, performed on Sunday in New Jersey, also included a Hasidic Jewish caricature, carrying a sack of coins ...

However, before Donny and Marie became household names, they were raised by parents George Virl Osmond and Olive May, in Utah ...

On 6 January, the visit of the Magi to Jesus is celebrated by millions around the world. It's a story that's been handed down ...

It is, obviously, the Filipino translation (by Filipino composer and librettist Vincent A. De Jesus with additional lyrics by ...