Professor Jane Ohlmeyer celebrates the lives of courageous women across history – ‘the viragos and matrons’ from Brigid to ...

As the ritual closed and the evening wound to an end, attendees enjoyed a community potluck and friendly conversation. With the scent of incense still hanging heavy in the air, ritual participants ...

Here’s an astounding fact — Brigid’s Day is the only national holiday honoring a woman in the world (except for feasts of the ...

Photo by KAREN COX With its origins in the older Celtic festival of Imbolc, St. Brigid's Day was an important ... Families would recite prayers, bless the rushes or straw with holy water and then each ...

It marked the beginning of spring and the Celtic festival of Imbolc – celebrating St Brigid’s day on ... her deep devotion to God and her belief in the importance of a life of prayer and contemplation ...

Her feast coincides with Imbolc (the coming of spring in February ... each time he comes to the door the same prayer is said. "The rushes are placed underneath the tables, and the people ...

This weekend is also Imbolc or Saint Brigid's Day, the Gaelic traditional festival which marks the beginning of spring. We chat live to author and celebrant Keri Tomlin about the origins of Imbolc ...

Since 2023, the feast day has been a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, branded by the Irish government as “St. Brigid’s Day/Imbolc bank holiday.” (Imbolc was a pagan festival that ...

Salah, meaning ‘prayer’ or ‘supplication’, is also known as Namaz among non-Arab Muslims. Salah is one of the five pillars of Islam, which form the core beliefs and practices of the religion.