In this new year of our Lord, 2026, let us not neglect to ring the church bells, says columnist Stephen Shoemaker ...

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'Champagne has come to sit at the centre of these moments because it signals something out of the ordinary: luxury, ...

The 15th-century bell tower is in need of repair [Stephen Nicholls] A church bell cast nearly 400 years ago will fall silent for six months in its quatercentenary year as vital repair work begins on a ...

Bells have called Christians to worship since the fifth century when St. Paulinus, Bishop of Nola, a city near Naples, Italy, used them to summon monks to Mass. By 1311, the Cathedral of Notre Dame, ...

Ten Tennessee Centennial Bells were removed from the former Tulip Street United Methodist Church for restoration Dec. 13. The Centennial Bells, also known as the 1897 Vanduzen Company bells, originate ...

Historic bronze bells from 1897 removed from East Nashville church tower for restoration. Community hopes to raise $400K to return chimes by next year. Hawaii board votes to change official name of ...

Indiana’s annual Wreaths for Indiana County Veterans ceremony and the America250PA “Bells Across PA” unveiling are coming to town beginning noon Saturday at the Indiana County Courthouse Memorial Wall ...

ALSO OPEN FOR BUSINESS. OH, IF THAT DOESN’T GET YOU IN THE SPIRIT, NOTHING WILL. THE SOUNDS OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON WILL FILL THE LYRIC THIS AFTERNOON. THE UNITED STATES ARMY FIELD BAND IS BRINGING ...

DETROIT — Nearly 50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior, taking the lives of all 29 men on board, one Detroit church continues to keep their memory alive. The ...

DETROIT — Nearly 50 years after the Edmund Fitzgerald sank to the bottom of Lake Superior, taking the lives of all 29 men on board, one Detroit church continues to keep their memory alive. The ...

Since 2018, Falcon Heights United Church of Christ has greeted its neighbors every morning at 8 o’clock by gently pealing out two verses of “Morning Has Broken” from its carillon bells. “I can hear it ...