On Dec. 31, listeners to “The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)” were able to hear the 365th and final episode of the hugely popular podcast, as Schmitz wrapped up the last verses of the ...

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Few ancient sites in the Holy Land have ignited the imagination like the lost tombs of the Maccabees ... Prayers are held here every year on Hannukah, the holiday that celebrates the triumph ...

blood-red flower associated with the ancient Maccabees on Israel’s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism has attracted tens of thousands of orders in this, its second year.

Hanukkah, which begins this year on Sunday evening (Nov. 28), commemorates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabees defeated the Hellenistic army about 164 BCE, opening the ...

the First and Second Books of the Maccabees, were not included in the Hebrew Bible. Led by Judah “The Hammer” Maccabee, the revolt from 167-160 B.C. ended with the Seleucid Greeks being thrown ...