Nearly 500,000 pilgrims of all denominations visit this site annually, which is under the protection of the Baptism Site Commission. According to the Gospel (John 1:28), this is “Bethany Beyond ...

"Putting on Christ" seeks to inspire those who are diligent truth seekers. And for a limited time, KSL.com readers can get a free e-book version. Life is a journey. For many Christian ...

To baptize the infant or not to baptize the infant? The answer to the question of infant baptism could depend on your denominational position, along with your interpretation of the Bible. Like many ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional ...

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

“I get antsy if I’m not in the water at least on a weekly basis.” Advertising Cold water immersion, in vogue on social media and celebrity circles for a few years now, is having a moment in ...

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“Al-Maghtas” is Arabic for “immersion,” commonly translated in the ecclesial context to “baptism.” The project has been underway for a long time; Pope Benedict XVI laid the cornerstone ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In what has become an annual tradition that marks the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican ...

by immersion, who then baptized the others. It was considered illegal by the semi-sovereign canton of Zurich, then one of three regions of the Swiss Confederation. The following year, on March 7, 1526 ...

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 3:17). This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the ...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated the feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 21 babies in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel and praying the Angelus with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square.