In the Orthodox tradition, there is a special time for prayers for the deceased — memorial Saturdays. On these days, ...

When Patricia “Trish” Huston of Ramona wrote “The Hotshot’s Prayer” 11 years ago, she had no idea that it would one day serve a need for those grieving the loss of 19 Hotshot crew members in Arizona. ...

Yad Vashem has changed two of its key prayers for Holocaust Remembrance Day — the Yizkor prayer and El Maleh Rahamim — to include Jewish victims from North Africa, a report said Tuesday. The change ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial has amended the memorial prayer for the dead recited on Yom Hashoah to include Jews in Arab countries. The Yizkor prayer had asked God to remember ...

Memorial prayers are to be said for four members of the same family who died in a house fire in Leicester, this afternoon before their bodies are taken to Ireland for burial at the weekend. Police in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... ABOARD MS BALMORAL — With prayers, a hymn and a moment of silence broken by a ship’s deep whistle, passengers and crew on a memorial trip marked 100 years to ...

ABOARD MS BALMORAL – Cruise ship passengers and crew said prayers Sunday at the spot in the North Atlantic where the Titanic sank 100 years ago with the loss of more than 1,500 lives, while the city ...

Three days of memorial prayers for Uganda's late former president, Idi Amin Dada, concluded on Friday in the central district of Luwero. The prayers were conducted at Masjid Noor Mosque in Bombo ...

The changes were spurred by a high school student, the granddaughter of a Holocaust survivor from Libya. JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial has amended the memorial prayer for the ...