BECKET — Its belfry newly rebuilt, the bell atop the over 170-year-old house of worship belonging to the First Congregational Church will toll on Sunday, marking the ordination ceremony of the Rev.

December 29 is the feast day of St. Thomas Becket. The martyred 12 th century bishop is known for his opposition to the then overreach of state power in the person of England’s King Henry II. Across ...

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Regarding the review of the exhibit at the British Museum in London about St. Thomas Becket (“Icons: A Martyr’s Afterlife,” Review, May 29): Readers may be interested to know that one of the stones on ...