Enhe was once home to thousands of ethnic Russians. Under Xi Jinping’s push for ethnic unity, little remains beyond nostalgia and props for tourists. Buildings with Russian-style decorative features ...

DELMAR — December 17 was an ordinary day at the Bethlehem Town Library until about 3:00 p.m. when Library Executive Director Geoffrey Kirkpatrick heard a patron yell there was an emergency in the hall ...

The Choir Room began in May 2022 to create a new opportunity for Nashville community members to sing in a choir and admire gospel music. The nonprofit's ascendant popularity on social media and among ...

First heard in a sleepy English hamlet, a simple folk tune grew into the melody for one of the world's most cherished Christmas carols. O Little Town of Bethlehem began life as an American poem, ...

Edward Lear, “Bethlehem” (1861). Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool. Public domain. “O Little Town of Bethlehem” has shaped how millions of English speakers imagine the Palestinian town where Jesus was ...

The school day ended early for Christmas Break, but choir students at Mary Immaculate Catholic School in Farmers Branch headed to the choir room for one last rehearsal with choir director Jamie ...

After two years of silence, the voices of the the Amherst Area Gospel Choir will rise again. On Saturday, Dec. 13, the group will present the Black Gospel Christmas Story at the Wesley Methodist ...

Theologians, historians and astronomers have debated the Biblical story for centuries. "The Adoration of the Magi" by Guiseppe Chiari (1654-1727). The Virgin Mary, seated on the left and turned to the ...

Lost in a Korean wilderness again; and all the children are insane. With apologies to the Doors fans out there, this textually modified lyric came to me while biting into a genetically modified ...

Urška Djukic was watching a Catholic girls choir singing a Slovenian folk song when she first got the inspiration to make her debut film Little Trouble Girls, Slovenia’s submission for the ...

A Lufkin Christmastime tradition is celebrating four decades this month. “An Evening in Old Bethlehem,” a replica of a first-century Holy Land village, is annually hosted by First United Methodist ...

(RNS) — After two somber and muted Christmas seasons, the city where Christ was born is preparing to celebrate again. The Palestinian town of Bethlehem, a symbol of hope for Christians worldwide, will ...