The shortest day of the year and longest night of the year is coming. The winter solstice, which also marks the first day of astronomical winter, is the day with the fewest hours of daylight ...

Happy Winter Solstice! This year, the traditional pagan holiday fell on Dec. 21, 2023, for the United States, and Dec. 22, 2023, for Europe. Considered to be the longest night of the year, the days ...

The winter solstice, or the December solstice, is the point at which the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south. At the ...

In Southwestern Wisconsin, preparation is underway for Circle Sanctuary's 50th annual Yule festival. For the pagan members the church serves, it marks winter solstice, the longest night of the year in ...

Per the BBC, the Yule log was originally an entire tree, lit with the remnants of last year’s one. People thought that if ...

PITTSBURGH (RNS) — The Rev. Aidan Smith is no stranger to the dark, he told the members of Trinity Cathedral gathered beneath soaring gothic archways lit by candlelight in downtown Pittsburgh, ...

On the longest night of the year, Bay Area pagans will hold vigil for the rebirth of the sun. They don't, of course, think the sun won't return, but that isn't going to stop them from entreating it to ...

Since the summer solstice back in June, the days have grown shorter and the nights have grown longer in the Northern Hemisphere. But that’s about to reverse itself.Winter solstice, the shortest day of ...

In the darkness of winter solstice, pagans celebrate Yule — welcoming longer days to come. For Pagans, winter solstice is a time for reflection and celebration In Southwestern Wisconsin, preparation ...