Speaking of the holy sacraments, I want to say something about the sacrament of tonsure. Is monastic tonsure a sacrament? Of course it’s a sacrament! As the Church celebrates the sacrament of Marriage ...

In the evening of June 30, 2014, His Eminence Archbishop Metrophanes of Lugansk and Alchevsk made novice Elena Kuznetsova from St. Olga’s Convent of Lugansk a nun with the name Agrippina, in honor of ...

PALAKKAD: The mother of Walayar victims will tonsure her head on Saturday at the pandal where she had been sitting on a day-time satyagraha demanding action against the police officials who committed ...

A Catholic church in Thailand is being mocked after a group of altar boys was given haircuts that mimicked the appearance of traditional Catholic friars. The haircut, called a “coronal tonsure”, ...

KAKINADA: The Human Rights Forum (HRF) and the Dailta Aikya Porata Vedika (DAPV) have demanded that the state government go in appeal to the high court against the verdict of Visakhapatnam court in ...

KURNOOL: Asthana barbers at Brhamaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple in Srisailam have started fleecing devotees who come to offer their hair to the God as part of fulfilment of their vows. The devout ...

KOCHI: Over 100 people, including women and children, on Thursday tonsured their heads here seeking action against police personnel who had committed lapses in the probe into the death of two minor ...