An older St. John’s Eve ritual in Portugal’s second-biggest city involved buying leek flowers believed to bring good fortune and inviting strangers to sniff the pungent plant.

A Christian holiday with pagan roots, the eve of the feast of St. John the Baptist is celebrated with fireworks, balloons and lots of grilled sardines.

PORTO, Portugal (AP) — On Porto's steep streets, several thousands of people celebrated the summer in the way the city has been doing it for decades and centuries: by bonking friends and strangers ...

A Christian holiday with pagan roots, the festival of St. John the Baptist — Porto's patron saint — is celebrated with fireworks, balloons and lots of grilled sardines. An older St. John's Eve ritual ...

PORTO, Portugal (AP) — On Porto's steep streets, several thousands of people celebrated the summer in the way the city has been doing it for decades and centuries: by bonking friends and strangers ...

I think Pier Giorgio would be great as a patron saint of friendship; he has a lot to teach us. The way that he lived his life with his friends was, first, he had the joy.

Media Release Mangaluru, Jun 20: St Aloysius Gonzaga School, celebrated the feast of its patron, St Aloysius Gonzaga, on Friday, June 20 with devotion and joy. The celebration also marked the ...

Prior to Sunday’s final mass at St. Catherine of Siena-St. Lucy Catholic Church, organ music settled over dozens of congregants as they filed in, joining their voices with hundreds more in the nave.

With 600 million people reached and 400,000 individuals received eye care, the ‘Naga Saint Eye Test’ became one of the largest public health interventions at Maha Kumbh 2025.

Atlanta-based chicken restaurant chain Zaxby’s is pursuing expansion to St. Louis with plans for as many as 20 stores in the region. Gavin Newsom mocks Trump's "made in China" smartphone SpaceX ...

Blount named to 6A all-state team, eyes busy summer By Andy Diffenderfer on Thursday, June 19, 2025 ...