While incense sticks, lamps, and candles, are integral to many worship rituals, storing a matchbox within the prayer room is ...

Whether you're meditating by the river, or simply watching life unfold on the ghats, Varanasi has a way of making you see the ...

Ramadan is a time for reflection and spiritual growth, as well as giving and sharing. It is a time where many of Muslims are ...

I wonder if my knees can taste their own blood when I skin them, like the way my mouth does when I bite my tongue or the way ...

The United States is an ever-changing cultural landscape. As a nation of immigrants, we are a complex patchwork of individuals from ...

Throughout the day Oh, dear God, May I not have thrown away the Top to the sour cream. Dear Lord, Look at all those ants. Oh, Christ, I was just about to sign out For the day, And now somebody ...

The Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver held Ash Wednesday services on March 5, 2025. Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations.

Some orchard owners have turned to wormwood incense sticks to protect their trees ahead of this year’s season. Orchard owner Tan Chee Keat, 34, said it is crucial to provide optimal care for the ...

JERUSALEM — In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by ...

The pope "spent about 20 minutes in prayer in his chapel on the 10th floor apartment and the rest of the day alternated between rest, physiotherapy, prayer and a bit of work," the Vatican said.

Different cultures have various ways to combat negative energies and evil intentions. In Hong Kong, the 'villain hitting' ritual performed by elderly women involves beating a paper with an enemy's ...