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Jordan River, Jesus' baptism site, is today barely a trickle
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKristen Burckhartt felt overwhelmed. Tourists and pilgrims come to the site from near and far, many...
Bear Grylls helped baptize Russell Brand in the pristine waters of the River Thames
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRussell Brand said that Bear Grylls was present for his baptism.Jeff Spicer/Getty Images; John...
Sacred rivers: Christianity in southern Africa has a deep history of water and ritual
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA baptism ceremony in the Mbashe river in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP...
'Being Born of Water and Spirit'—50 Bible Verses About Baptism
Parade via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA working definition of the word, baptism, can be a fluid one, depending on your faith circle. The...
What comedian Russell Brand said about getting baptized
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoRussell Brand arrives at the "Rock of Ages" premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on Friday June 8,...
Ethiopians celebrate "Timket" festival that marks Jesus' baptism
Reuters via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThousands of Ethiopian Orthodox followers gathered in the capital Addis Ababa on Friday and Saturday...
Jordan eyes tourism bonanza in expansion of Jesus' baptism site
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFor centuries thousands of pilgrims a year have made the journey to Bethany Beyond The Jordan, a site on the east bank of the Jordan River which Christians believe to be the exact spot where ...
History in photos: The ‘fire-hose font’ that baptized thousands at once in Charlotte
Charlotte Observer via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn Sunday, Oct. 11, 1998, an estimated 3,000 people were baptized in a “parking lot-turned-church”...
Live updates: The cross goes to George Stamas, 16, at Epiphany dive in Tarpon Springs
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoToday, Tarpon Springs will bask in its 117th annual Epiphany celebration, a richly choreographed...
Suquehanna River blessed in observance of Theopany
The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pa. via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 20—LEWISBURG — Members of the Bucknell Orthodox Christian community and St. John's Russian Orthodox Mission Church in Lewisburg participated in a blessing of the Susquehanna River for Theophany ...
