The Catholic Church is celebrating the Feast of the Epiphany. This year the Church is calling especially for more involvement in the missionary activity. Missionaries will be telling about their evangelization and charity work in churches around the country, at the same time raising funds for the needy in world's poorest countries.

Christmas Divine Liturgy
The Christian faithful and the members of the Armenian community are invited to attend the Christmas Divine Liturgy on January 6th to be celebrated by His Eminence Archbishop Hovnan Derderian at the Diocesan Complex of the Armenian Church in Burbank, CA.

The significance of even the most familiar Christmas traditions are often forgotten in the hustle and bustle of modern life, leaving us with only the scramble to shop and plan the holiday meals.

One million people are expected to cram onto the Sydney Harbor shore in Australia for the city's glittering New Year's Eve fireworks display. Organizers of the event have promised the world's biggest pyrotechnics show. The weather forecast, however, is not good, with showers and possible thunderstorms expected. From Sydney, Phil Mercer has more.

The Christmas holidays are often the most difficult time of year for U.S. service members deployed overseas and far from their families. In Iraq, troops celebrated together, but thoughts of their loved ones were never far from their minds. VOA's Margaret Besheer spent Christmas with some American troops in Baghdad, and files this report.

The Science Museum is launching a contest to find the most relaxed mind in Britain using a revolutionary ball game.

Department for Public Health Urges Kentuckians to Get Holiday Flu Shots
Flu Vaccine Widely Available Across the Commonwealth