IXIMCHE, Guatemala (Reuters) - Mayan priests spiritually "cleansed" a Guatemalan religious site with incense and candles on Thursday after a visit earlier this week by President Bush. Two priests lit ...

The atmosphere at St. Paul Catholic Church, Ibafo, Ogun State, was filled with the solemnity of incense and the harmony of hymns as the faithful gathered for a significant milestone. On March 15, 2025 ...

A kesis or priest, waves a censer burning incense as he walks through rows of congregants at Re'ese Adbarat Debre Selam Kidist Mariam Church, an Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo church, in Washington, D.C.

Amid the chanting of sutras, the sounding of gongs and the curling smoke of burning incense. Chief Abbot Oda Sesso was ordaining a head priest for the Zen Buddhist temple of Daitokuji Ryosen-An in ...

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If you have ever participated in evening prayer at a Hindu temple, you recognize the moment. The candles flicker, bells peal out in harmony, incense wafts through the air, and a priest starts moving ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the U.S. capital, hundreds of Ethiopians dressed in traditional white shawls chant in the ancient liturgical language of one of the oldest branches of Christianity. During ...