Every morning begins the same for Paul Ridlon, who also goes by Magnus de Rhuddlan. No matter the weather, he steps out of the round yurt where he lives in Portland and lights incense at his southern ...

The Dominican convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan is best known as the home of Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.

The Monastery of Panagia Yiatrissa (“Mary the Healer”) in Kastania, on the slopes of Taygetus, is traditionally believed to stand on the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to Athena. In villages ...

Russia celebrated the arrival of spring with the spectacular Maslenitsa festival, culminating in the torching of a 25-metre wooden structure. This traditional Slavic ritual marks the end of winter and ...

Olivia Wilde, Kerry Washington, Ryan Coogler, Dave Franco, Channing Tatum and Chloe Zhao are just a few of the names making the rounds at the Sundance Film Festival from Jan. 22 through Feb. 1. By ...

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” —Marcel Proust The practice of rituals, notably within groups, stems from our most ancient instincts for ...

Baltimore leaders on Monday unveiled the city's lineup of major events and cultural festivals for 2026, heightening the excitement with promises of "bigger and better." Several familiar, annual events ...

"These traditions slow me down, force me to recognize the passage of time and the way in which the changing of seasons has affected my world," writes Morgan Lockhart Morgan Lockhart lives in the ...

The first steps of carving out new traditions can feel a little bit awkward (after all, they aren’t tradition yet), but with time and repetition, they become like slipping into a pair of well-broken ...

Over the past two centuries, Europe has become increasingly secular. Scholars in fact no longer talk of the Christian West when they speak of Modern Europe and North America, but of the Secular West.