Merry Christmas! Pardon? Christmas is long gone. But not in Russia. According to the Russian calendar Christmas is today, 7 January. For New Apostolic Christians this time of the year is a bit of a balancing act between the cultures. Our family Photo: Tatjana Uskowa During service Photo: Tatjana Uskowa The children of the congregation […]

Today, 6 January marks Epiphany, a religious festival that is not all that well known in New Apostolic circles, but crops up in our publications now and then. It is one of the oldest Christian festivals. In principle, Epiphany─the name used by the ancient church─is the forerunner of Christmas. The word comes from Ancient Greek […]

Be it in a large circle or small, with a divine service or without, our members around the world have rung in the New Year in very different ways. But there is one thing that unites them all—and it’s more than just fireworks at midnight. The diversity of traditions with which the turn of the […]