Spring/April/the time of the equinox is the time of celebration of the ancient spring fertility festival honoring the goddess Eostre (Ostara, Oestera). This celebration, of pagan origin, pays tribute ...

Imbolc Sabbat is an ancient pagan Irish festival dating back thousands of years celebrating fertility and the beginnings of the first inklings of spring, festival organizer and former network ...

Pagan beliefs incorporate a respect for nature, varying concepts of the divine and Pagan theology. Although Paganism covers a wide spectrum of ideas, these elements sum up the beliefs of the majority.

When it comes to a lot of Christian holidays, it doesn’t take much digging to uncover pretty obvious remnants of the pagan festivals they replaced still lingering in the ways we celebrate today. The ...

Many of the Easter traditions Christians celebrate today date back to the early days of Christianity. Karl Gehring/The Denver Post via Getty Images Easter brings together an unlikely cadre of ...

You often hear that Easter is "a pagan holiday." This claim is made, variously, by some Christian Fundamentalists (who want to do away with or re-brand Easter), by some atheists (who want to undermine ...