Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When I was growing up, my family, like so many others in the community I lived in, ...

Because Judaism uses a modified lunar calendar, rather than the familiar solar calendar, the secular dates of Hanukkah vary from year to year.

Azm, an archaeologist and former professor at Damascus University, left Syria with his family in 2006. He recently returned ...

Orthodox Christians marked a sombre Christmas on Tuesday in the war-torn Gaza Strip, with worshippers saying there would be no gifts for children and no joy during this year's holiday.

Orthodox Christians in Gaza City marked their Christmas simply with prayers for peace. There was no joy or celebrations, as the festivities have gone along with many of their loved ones during ...