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Take a trip around Europe in intriguing Easter traditions

Easter isn’t just about bunnies, chocolate and singing hymns – these European traditions infuse the holiday with legends, competition, and even crime drama.

29/03/2024

Culture news

Saint Agata: The woman who "said no" to patriarchal power, even in death

Every year, during the first week of February, the Italian city of Catania in Sicily marks the Feast of Saint, the third-largest religious celebration in the world. This year is different however from all the others because the saint has become the symbol of the fight against gender-based violence.

10/02/2024

Lifestyle

"Rave in the nave" Canterbury Cathedral hosts silent disco

Party people swapped out the warehouse for their local cathedral in Canterbury for a 90s nostalgia night in the garden of England.

09/02/2024

Culture news

Why has this year's Seville Holy Week poster sparked outrage in Spain?

More than 13,000 people have signed an online petition urging the removal of Seville's official Holy Week poster, for what some perceive as an "offensive" and "homoerotic" depiction of Christ.

31/01/2024

Nature

Sacred cedar trees of Lebanon’s Kadisha Valley face climate threat

Cedar trees are a symbol of Lebanon but they’re disappearing as the country heats up.

06/12/2023

Spain

Santiago de Compostela sees record numbers of pilgrims in 2023

With fifty days of the year remaining, pilgrim numbers look set to smash the previous record of 438,300 annual visitors.

12/11/2023

Culture news

Here's what to expect from ‘The Passion of the Christ’ sequel

Heaven help us, we’re getting a sequel. Yes, really.

04/07/2023

Culture news

Poland’s bus route 666: Farewell to the highway to Hel

RIP to the bus line which operated under the number 666 since 2006.

16/06/2023

Culture news

Can a TV channel keep the language of Jesus alive?

A new television channel has been launched in Iraq to save the 2,000-year-old Syriac language.

31/05/2023

Culture news

Defender of "the" faith? Charles is a new kind of religious royal

In the run up to his coronation, King Charles' comments from the 1990s about the sovereign's role in supporting diverse faiths came under scrutiny. Now, many will be eager to see if he practices what he preached.

07/05/2023

Kenya

Death toll from Kenyan cult could rise with 213 missing: aid groups

The death toll at a ranch in coastal Kenya, owned by a pastor accused of leading a religious cult and ordering his followers to starve themselves, has reached 90.

26/04/2023

Culture news

Spain marks end of Easter with Christian Pop Festival

Only four out of ten young people claim to be religious in Spain. With the first edition of the Resurrection Festival, organisers hope to revive people's faith through joy and song.

17/04/2023

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Orthodox Christians take part in the "Holy Fire" ritual in Jerusalem

Orthodox Christians gathered at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday to celebrate the ancient ritual of the Holy Fire.

16/04/2023

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Watch: Rio's favela residents reenact Christ's Stations of the Cross

Residents of a Brazilian favela complex packed the narrow streets of the violent and drug plagued community to watch the reenactment of Jesus Christ’s Via-Crucis on Good Friday.

08/04/2023

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Good Friday tradition in the Philippines re-enacts crucifixion

The Good Friday tradition is rejected by the Catholic church but draws huge crowds of devotees and tourists to the Philippines, an Asian bastion of Christianity.

07/04/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: A look back at this day in history

Did you know that Jackie Chan's birthday is on the day historians believe Jesus was crucified?

07/04/2023

Culture news

Why the Anglican Church blessing same-sex marriages is "incoherent"

"That's the language of an abuser." Reverend Andrew Foreshew-Cain, the first Anglican vicar to have a gay marriage tells Euronews Culture why the upcoming decision by the church to bless same-sex marriages is "incoherent".

08/02/2023

Culture news

Pope and Archbishop's pro-LGBTQ+ comments ring hollow in South Sudan

As Church of England and Catholic Church leaders arrive in South Sudan, there are questions about their positions regarding LGBTQ+ equality within their respective religions.

03/02/2023

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WATCH: Bulgarian folk dancers step out for masked festival

A masked festival has been held in Bulgaria to mark the end of winter. People gathered in vibrant costumes to ward off evil at the Surva festival.

01/02/2023

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Lutheran church ordains first Palestinian woman

According to the Middle East Council of Churches, Sally Azar is one of just five women ordained in the Middle East, she joins one in Syria and three in Lebanon.

23/01/2023