Holiday traditions feel timeless, like they’ve always existed in their current form. Families gather around Christmas trees.

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Halloween traces its origins back to the Iron Age and a feast of fire known as Samhain. Also included are the historical ...

Dr Rebecca Beattie loves Hallowe’en – or Samhain, as she calls it – but for altogether more spiritually uplifting reasons ...

The story of how black cats became the furry face of Halloween is downright scary. Here, an expert explains the fascinating ...

SCOTUS set to rule on National Guard deployment in Chicago with nationwide implications Hotel operators say they're bleeding cash in the hundreds of millions and need the government shutdown to end ...

According to the Orthodox Eastern Church, the spirit of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin now ought to have embarked in heaven or hell. The religion believes it takes 40 days after death for souls to ...

Constantine the Great is known in history as the first Roman Emperor to convert to Christianity. However, legends and archaeological evidence suggest a different story– it seems that Constantine had a ...

The statement comes after a recent 'Unite the Kingdom' rally in England, organized by anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson, reportedly drew an estimated 110,000 to 150,000 people. Protesters wave ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Americans are used to hearing about the tradition of separating church and state, but ...