JOANETES, Spain — Xavier Pallàs plants his feet on the belfry floor, grips the rope, and with one tug fills the lush Spanish valley below with the reverberating peal of a church bell. Clang-clong!

Every Sunday at 1 p.m., the Lowell House bell tower erupts in cacophony, as the Lowell House Society of Russian Bell-Ringers plays a series of traditional peals, contemporary melodies, and original ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

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Writing a column about bell-ringing is, in a way, a hopeless endeavor. The experience is like taking a photocopy of a photocopy — the product takes you further from the art at hand, the lived ...

From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...

RUSHDEN, England -- With snowy whiskers and a rotund frame, Alan Marks seems a fitting Santa to bring cheer to the good folk of this small English town 70 miles north of London. His festive gift is ...

NEW YORK — Barack Obama and his message of change will get a ringing endorsement on Inauguration Day from 12 bells at a church near ground zero. The full peal, which lasts 3 1/2 hours, rarely has been ...

A finish line celebration, sure. A victory lap? De rigueur. But that’s not enough for these Olympic Games in Paris. When the winners of each event on the track get the go-ahead, they pull a rope to ...

Numerous New York Mills officials rang the bell from No. 3 mill 10 times, over 10 hours, Tuesday in honor of the village’s centennial anniversary. Officials said the village was founded 100 years ago ...