Sometimes it seems that everyone you see under a certain age has a tattoo. It can be an abstract sign, a Celtic knot, a dolphin, a cross or something whose meaning is less apparent. Indeed, a poll ...

(The Conversation) — Historically, many Christians got tattoos around Holy Week − usually a cross − to honor Christ’s martyrdom. (The Conversation) — Holy Week and Easter are perhaps the most ...

A new generation of young believers and pastors is making Christian tattooing more common than ever, though a number of tatted-up Texans will tell you it's nothing new. Long before Justin Bieber ...

JERUSALEM: A small shop in the heart of Jerusalem's walled Old City offers Christian pilgrims indelible memories of their visit to the holy city: tattoos with religious designs unchanged for centuries ...

According to Leviticus 19:28, “Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.” Some theologians interpret the passage as a strict prohibition ...

CAIRO — Tattoos have become commonplace in most of the Western world, with one in five American adults, for instance, supposedly sporting one. Yet for Egypt’s embattled Coptic Christian minority, ...

CORPUS CHRISTI -- Dave Johnson spent 30 hours getting tattooed with a pair of multihued angel wings that stretched over his entire back. He did it to honor his grandmother, Angeline Geray, who died ...

Christian Palestinian tattoo artist Walid Ayash draws a tattoo on the arm of a Coptic Egyptian pilgrim on April 28, 2016, at his studio in Bethlehem. Thomas Coex /AFP via Getty Images Holy Week and ...

From the 1200s to the 1700s, the custom of Christian tattooing was prevalent in Europe among peasants, seafarers, soldiers ...