ROCKY RIVER, Ohio -- We have all heard of the gifts of frankincense and myrrh that were brought to the manger in Bethlehem. But who knew the scents could be purchased in Rocky River, Ohio?

The Gospel of Matthew never details how many Magi came from "the East," but it makes it clear they traveled to pay homage to "the newborn king of the Jews" and "offered him gifts of gold, frankincense ...

Christmas time brings plays by children that often focus upon the events described in the gospels of Luke and Matthew. It is a given today that the gospels were principally written as theological ...

Today is Epiphany, the day which commemorates the event described by the carol “We Three Kings of Orient Are” when gentile ...

Why would someone, presumably quite wise, feel the need to bring the tree resins frankincense and myrrh to a woman who had recently given birth? If the time is about two millennia ago and the location ...

When you have an epiphany – under a flash of popping light bulbs – you suddenly grasp the reality or truth of something. From that moment on, you see things differently and look at the world with new ...

Pope Francis burns incense as he celebrates Mass marking the feast of Corpus Christi in Ostia, a suburb of Rome, in this June 3, 2018, file photo. Conflict, climate change and poverty are driving the ...