The 113th annual celebration of the Baptism of Jesus Christ is expected to draw thousands to Tarpon Springs. Stella Bilirakis, 15, will continue a family tradition when she releases a dove over ...

Cooley was one of 48 boys who dove into Spring Bayou at the largest celebration in the Western Hemisphere of Jesus Christ's baptism. Thousands attended the event, which Tarpon Springs has hosted ...

That is a monumental passage. First, the Holy Trinity — the triune God the Father, Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit (represented by the dove) — are all present at Jesus’s baptism.

New Yorker Candace Williams and her son, Sullivan, are going viral on TikTok after the boy slapped a priest's prayer book into a church fountain during his baptism.

After his water baptism, heaven opens, the Spirit descends like a dove, and a voice sounds from heaven. So, we are invited to imagine a crowded, buzzing scene, a high pitch of spiritual excitement; ...

I love the narrative of our Lord’s baptism. From John’s reaction to Jesus’ approach to the decent of the Dove and the Father’s proclamation, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well ...

Again, the dove that hovers over him at his baptism is a reminder, first, of the story of Noah, when the appearance of a dove announced deliverance from the cataclysmic flood that had caused such ...

Currently the arch bishop is speaking to a crowd of people and the dove bearer, 17-year-old Michalia Makryllos, is standing by holding the dove.