St. Joseph of Arimathea is familiar from the Gospels as “a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for ...

Joseph of Arimathea was a wealthy Jewish man who buried the body of Jesus Christ after the Crucifixion. There are many legends about him, including one that he visited Britain with the young Jesus ...

Where is Joseph of Arimathea when we need him? He was honored Thursday morning in a Liturgy of Christian Burial at St. Mary’s Church in Lee, after a useful and all-too-brief life. Burial will be at a ...

Why has the name Joseph of Arimathea always fascinated me? I really don’t know why, except I like the sound of it. Now, however, I can put some bones to the body of this prominent figure in ...

The mausoleum is named after Joseph of Arimathea, patron saint of funeral directors and pallbearers, who in the Bible provided the tomb for Jesus Christ after the crucifixion and prior to the ...

Leneghan, a senior at Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, served as a pallbearer at this funeral as part of his school’s St. Joseph of Arimathea Pallbearer Ministry.

This special variety of hawthorn grows in and around Glastonbury and the legendary, original tree is said to have sprouted from the staff of St. Joseph of Arimathea.

Down the ages, there have been claims in the West Country that Jesus visited the area with His uncle, Joseph of Arimathea. The suggestion has been laughed off as a wildly improbable myth.

When Mark 15:43 tells us Joseph of Arimathea “…waited for the kingdom of God…,” this doesn’t refer to a do-nothing, “hang-around-and-see-what-happens” kind of waiting. Joseph was ...

Actors who played the role of Joseph of Arimathea: Lauren Gilbert [Broadway] ...