Easter Sunday, the resurrection of Jesus Christ after his crucifixion to redeem the world, was celebrated all over Mizoram on Sunday with religious solemnity and gaiety by different church denominations. ...
05:46 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday greeted the people on Easter Sunday, saying the festival celebrates compassion and brotherhood and the renewal of hope in a better tomorrow. ...
01:18 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Vatican City: An ancient papyrus fragment which a Harvard scholar says contains the first recorded mention that Jesus may have had a wife is a fake, the Vatican said on Friday. "Substantial reasons would lead one to conclude that the papyrus is indeed a clumsy forgery," the Vatican's newspaper, L'Osservatore Romano, said in an editorial by its editor, Gian Maria Vian. "In any case, it's a fake." Joining a highly...
03:17 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: A 33.5-foot-tall statue of Jesus Christ, billed as the tallest in the country, is ready to be blessed on Saturday at the campus of the Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology in Thiruvananthapuram. Made out of a mixture of resin, catalysts, fibre and wax by popular Malayalam film art director Premachandran, the statue has been placed on a 22-foot-tall building in the college campus. "The work was finished...
01:48 PM, Sep 29, 2012
Boston: A previously unknown scrap of ancient papyrus written in ancient Egyptian Coptic includes the words "Jesus said to them, my wife," -- a discovery likely to renew a fierce debate in the Christian world over whether Jesus was married. The existence of the fourth-century fragment -- not much bigger than a business card -- was revealed at a conference in Rome on Tuesday by Karen King, Hollis Professor of...
08:57 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The state capital is all set to sport the tallest statue of Jesus Christ in the country. The three-tonne, marble-white statue of Christ, to be unveiled soon at the Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology on Bethany Hills, Nalanchira, is 33.5 feet tall and pips the current record by 4.5 feet, its designers said. With his arms spread high in blessing, Christ stands atop a porch which is...
07:21 PM, Aug 17, 2012
New Delhi: Christians around the world are observing Good Friday today. The day marks the crucification of Jesus Christ at the end of the Lent period and devotees will spend the day fasting. Good Friday is the culmination of the 40-day Lent period during which they abstained from meat, alcohol and sweets. Good Friday is observed during the Holy Week, which also includes Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Holy Saturday....
08:29 AM, Apr 06, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: For the second time in a week, the CPI(M) is embroiled in a controversy in Kerala on portrayal of Jesus Christ with a picture resembling the Christ's "Last Supper" now providing the spark. The Congress slammed the CPI(M) on Sunday for the alleged action of its workers in bringing out a political version of the famous 'The Last Supper' painting of Leonardo Da Vinci with US President Barack Obama...
08:48 PM, Feb 05, 2012
Jerusalem/Bethlehem: Hundreds of Christian pilgrims from India took out a procession in Jesus Christ's birthplace of Bethlehem praying for world peace on the eve of Christmas. Around 500 Indians who took part in the procession were Christian tourists from various parts of the country. "The scenes from various parts of the Middle East during the last few months have been very worrisome, so we decided to gather in this Holy...
08:30 AM, Dec 25, 2011
US President Barack Obama was heckled while speaking at the House of Blues in Los Anegles by a young man who called him anti-Christ. ...
09:57 AM, Sep 28, 2011
Jerusalem: Could two of the nails used to crucify Jesus have been discovered in a 2,000-year-old tomb in Jerusalem? And could they have mysteriously disappeared for 20 years, only to turn up by chance in a Tel Aviv laboratory? That is the premise of the new documentary film "The Nails of the Cross" by veteran investigator Simcha Jacobovici, which even before its release has prompted debate in the Holy Land....
01:40 PM, Apr 12, 2011
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11:30 AM, Dec 14, 2010
Men and women of all ages take the 3 km climb to the hill church, many carry cross on their shoulders. ...
02:51 PM, Apr 02, 2010
A school book picture showed Jesus Christ holding a beer bottle and a cigarette. ...
02:41 PM, Feb 23, 2010
He was figured holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer can in another. ...
12:56 PM, Feb 19, 2010
Colombo: Given quite a few anxious moments by minnows Afghanistan in their World Twenty20 opener here, India's in-form batsman Virat Kohli conceded that his side's bowling at the death overs is a worrying factor. I believe we could have done better as a bowling unit and won by a bigger margin. We could have bowled in better areas. I think our bowling in the initial overs has been pretty good...
11:39 AM, Jun 28, 2008
A drinks company is banking on some divine help in the competitive bottled water market. ...
02:10 PM, Nov 03, 2007
Cosimo Cavallaro created a life size Jesus Christ out of 200 pounds of dark chocolate. ...
12:27 PM, Oct 31, 2007
Dubai: It might have been an acrimonious tour marred by allegations of match-fixing against them but some of Pakistan's cricketers on Thursday gained substantially in the ICC ODI rankings despite the 2-3 series loss to England. Pakistan, hit by allegations of spot-fixing that led to the suspension of three of its cricketers, lost the five-match series 2-3 after going down by 121 runs in the decider on Wednesday night. But...
01:41 PM, Oct 18, 2007
Good Friday is celebrated to mark the pain and suffering that Jesus Christ went through when he was crucified. ...
08:29 AM, Apr 06, 2007
