The act of lighting candles on Christmas Eve symbolises the Star of Bethlehem, which guided the Magi to the manger where the infant Jesus was born. Every country has its unique iteration of why ...

Many people choose to attend religious services at midnight, or close to it, to observe the day. Unofficial Christmas Eve traditions ... German soldiers lit candles and sung Christmas carols ...

More than 200 million Christians are associated with Orthodox Churches and most celebrate Christmas on 7 January.

With flickering candles and the sound of organs, hundreds of Catholics held a muted Christmas Eve mass in Indonesia's Aceh province ... with believers of other religions. So far, the religious ...

Unlike the globally recognised 25 December, Ethiopians celebrate Christmas, or Genna/Ganna as it is locally called, on 7 ...

Their beliefs of practice over dogma began with a religious reformer ... looking at these candles,” said Thudium. She recalled attending Christmas Eve services with lit candles since she ...

Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday for the first ... Assad pledged to protect the rights of the country’s religious minorities. Reuters reports that the Christmas ...

On Christmas Eve on Tuesday, the town was bereft of its ... but the festivities will be of a more strictly religious nature than the festive celebrations the city once held. Palestinian scouts ...

Christmas Eve is the night before Christmas Day; it holds both religious and cultural significance ... like dolls for children and candles for adults. This festival culminates with the celebration ...

NOW THAT CHRISTMAS ... AS A NON-RELIGIOUS WAY FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS TO RECONNECT WITH THEIR ANCESTRAL ROOTS. IT’S CELEBRATED EACH YEAR FROM DECEMBER 26TH TO JANUARY THE 1ST. A CANDLE IS LIT ...

Syrian Christians attended Christmas Eve services on Tuesday for the first time since the overthrow of President Bashar ...

offered meals to the homeless and lit candles on Wednesday, as Pope Francis launched observation of the global holiday with a sombre mass in the Vatican. At Saint Peter's Basilica, Francis used his ...