The Malankarese rite developed in India. They trace their Christian lineage to St. Thomas the Apostle who traveled to South India and founded a church. This rite was in union with the Assyrian ...

Its members were bound together not only by common rites but by a common way of life.... Love of one's neighbour is not an exclusively Christian virtue, but in [this] period Christians appear to ...

Read about where Christianity has had the largest net losses, and how those who've left Christianity now identify religiously. Pew Research Center.

In the first centuries of the Church, Christian initiation saw considerable development. A long period of catechumenate included a series of preparatory rites, which were liturgical landmarks ...

Pliny mentions magical rites “with water” and “with balls,” which might be early accounts of scrying. As Christianity continued to dominate Western Europe throughout the Middle Ages ...

Former Catholics, like himself, as well as former Episcopalians and Evangelical Christians have flocked to the Orthodox Church in America for decades, he said, attracted by its religious rites that ...

There were no burial rites for those who took part in Sheu since they were blessed before the ceremony. Then Christianity came and all that changed. The Nandi community now conduct burials based ...

Rites of passage close rites of passageSignificant ... Churches often provide help and advice for those in need, and many Christians volunteer for local charities. The Salvation Army is a ...