Epiphany

It's almost Mardi Gras! Got king cake?

2013-02-08 10:00:00

Mardi Gras is next Tuesday -- got your king cake? At first sight, it may come across as, well, a little unusual. A large wreath-shaped cake bedazzled in vibrant shades of purple, green and gold — there's nothing subtle about it. It might be...

King cakes are a great way to indulge before Lent

2012-02-16 00:00:00

At first sight, it comes across as, well, a little unusual. A large wreath-shaped cake bedazzled in vibrant shades of purple, green and gold — there's nothing subtle about it. It might be flavored simply with a touch of cinnamon sugar, or maybe it's...

Celebrate Three Kings Day with Rosca de Reyes

2012-01-05 16:33:36

Children and young adults

2011-12-04 00:00:00

Abarat Absolute Midnight Clive Barker Joanna Cotler/HarperCollins, $24.99, ages 13 and up In the third installment of this lavish series, a teen girl is menaced by a powerful sorceress in a mystical fantasy world. The Annotated Peter Pan J.M....

Mexican feast fit for a king

2011-01-06 00:00:00

Because I left Mexico when I was 6, my recollections of our holiday traditions are often dreamlike and vague. But my memory of Three Kings Day, or el D�a de los Reyes Magos, remains vivid because it came right after Christmas, in the first week of...

Three Kings Day in Mexico, a holiday in flux

2011-01-06 16:34:14

Extending the holiday spirit with Three Kings Day

2011-01-06 16:33:00

A sweet ending to the holiday season

2010-01-07 16:32:46

Tejocote is no longer forbidden fruit

2009-12-09 00:00:00

When Mexican Americans begin celebrating the extended Christmas season this Saturday on the feast day of Guadalupe, they will enjoy one big change from a few years ago: ample supplies of tejocote, a peculiar crab-apple-like fruit that most people have...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II, 79, dies in Moscow

2008-12-06 00:00:00

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II, the iconic religious leader who restored the church from a post-Soviet shell to an institution of privilege and power, died at his Moscow home Friday. He was 79. The imposing, white-bearded Alexei had reigned in...

Religion calendar

2013-05-18 02:54:02

Church briefs

2013-03-08 08:48:00

Petoskey First Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church, 501 E. Mitchell St., downtown Petoskey, has worship at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, March 10. The worship style is a blend of contemporary and traditional. Sunday Night! youth group with Jake Tracy...

The three kings (left to right ) Nelson Matos, William Cintron, and Ramon Rodriguez, are on stage as their story is read as people take part in the Three Kings Day celebration at SteelStacks on Sunday.

2013-01-06 00:00:00

A man dressed as King Gaspar, rides his camel during a traditional epiphany march from Prague Hradcany Castle to Bethlehem's manger in Prague, Czech Repubnlic.

2013-01-05 00:00:00

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian priests are pictured during the annual festival of Timkat in Lalibela, which celebrates the Epiphany , the Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan River, Ethiopia.

2012-01-20 00:00:00