Photo of the excavation of a Byzantine Church in the Garden of Gethsemane carried out jointly by the Israel Antiquities Authority and students from the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. (Credit: Yaniv ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. THE RITUAL purification bath (mikveh) from the Second Temple period. (photo credit: Ari Levy, Israel Antiquities Authority) The ...

Dec. 21 (UPI) --The Israel Antiquities Authority said Monday it has uncovered remains from the Second Temple period during an excavation at Jerusalem's Garden of Gethsemane Church, which date to the ...

According to an entry in the Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine, a religious ritual is any repetitive and patterned behavior that is prescribed by or tied to a religious institution, belief or custom ...

A spiritual bath is a different experience than a regular, relaxing bath. Spiritual baths are rituals that aim to cleanse one’s chakras and revitalize their aura. What is a spiritual bath? A spiritual ...

Water holds a special place in spiritual traditions around the world. For centuries, people have used showers, baths, and rain to wash away more than just dirt—they cleanse negative energy, emotional ...

The genuine Christian Faith does not include acts like bathing in public, or bathing, or eating nonsense, or something to do with any live or physical blood. This practice is common in certain African ...

Amid the closures among the dangers of the war, The Jewish Life Advocacy Center (ITIM), an NGO that works to improve the services and treatments of Israel's religious establishment, is working to keep ...