More than 500,000 Romanians are celebrating their name day on Friday, December 27, coinciding with the feast of Saint Stephen ...

Pope Francis gave this comforing reminder to the faithful on the Feast of St. Stephen, 26 December, during his Angelus ...

Czechs celebrate the second day of Christmas whuch honors St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr. According to legend, Stephen died for his faith in Christ. The day is also associated with carols and ...

First, Stephen explicitly associates his death with Christ’s, repeating two of Jesus’ own words from the cross. He asks that ...

Pope Francis recalled the witness of persecuted Christians around the world on Thursday as he celebrated the feast of St. Stephen, the Church’s first martyr. In his Angelus address on Dec.

Pope Francis marked the day after Christmas by noting Christians are still being persecuted for their faith, as the Church ...

St. Stephen’s Day became a more important day to me when ... receive my spirit.” Even though this feast marks a brutal event, my Stephen is not the only one who sees this as a day of celebration.

The days and weeks following Christmas are meant for much more than turkey leftovers. Throughout the ages churches have ...

Boxing Day is celebrated each year on the day after Christmas, on Dec. 26. It's not a holiday that made its way to the U.S.