Keith Anderson went from earning $30,000 as a teacher to over $200,000 a year, plus $150,000 in equity, but he paid for it ...

Area houses of worship are invited to share their news for our free weekly listings. Email information to Mercury Editor Tony ...

A set of two old and unrelated images is being shared on the internet to falsely claim that it shows a 10-year-old Dalit boy, ...

If you're looking for a place to order a king cake this season, the Jackson area has options. Most shops stop selling king cake on the last day of Carnival, also known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, ...

Having watched for Jesus in Advent; having celebrated his coming in the flesh at Christmas; having praised his universal ...

As I write this, it is the 12th of January 2025. It is the first Sunday after the Epiphany. The Epiphany took place on the ...

Climate change is threatening the traditional ice-bathing of Orthodox Christians on Epiphany: In many places in Russia and ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Across Russia, the devout celebrate Epiphany on January 19 by immersing themselves in frigid water through holes cut through the ice of lakes and rivers, imitating the baptism of Jesus Christ in the ...

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Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in east Ukraine as she ...

However local emergency services in some regions cancelled events, saying it was too hazardous for worshippers to cut bathing ...