“The Church observes the birth of John as in some way sacred; and you will not find any other of the great men of old whose ...

Finally, John’s birth and circumcision is itself described (1:57-80), crowned by Zechariah’s great canticle of joy, the ...

Many thousands of people welcomed the summer in Porto the way the city has been doing it for decades and centuries: by ...

On June 24 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Nativity of Agios Ioannis the Baptist and Forerunner.

Test your observation skills with a quick brain game! This challenge involves finding five differences between two seemingly ...

The basic premise of a spot the difference game revolves around two identical pictures. Although they may appear identical, ...

The sight of St John's Eve bonfires on hilltops still provides quite a spectacle and reminds us of a pivotal time in the ...

James Weldon Johnson’s poem “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” set to music by his brother John Rosamond, was first presented as a hymn, then adopted as a ...