According to long-held Crescent City custom, Jan. 6 is the first day of the Carnival season. Starting Monday morning New Orleanians are required by city ordinance to eat king cake at every opportunity ...

The very first parade of the Carnival season is also one of the very best. On Jan. 6, the 17th annual Joan of Arc parade will march through the French Quarter, celebrating the birthday of the ...

Marquette University is technically the third home of the St. Joan of Arc Chapel, which was built in France around 1420.

NEW ORLEANS — Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc is accepting applications for its annual student Joan of Arc competition. The winner will serve as Maid of Honor and lead the krewe of Joan of Arc 2026 parade on ...

Just as Joan of Arc led the French army to victory in 1429, the teenage heroine leads New Orleans into carnival season this Saturday, Jan. 6. The annual parade celebrates Joan’s birthday — which, if ...

A statue of St. Joan of Arc is seen in the courtyard of the headquarters of the National Front political party in Nanterre, France, in this 2012 photo. This year, the Catholic Church celebrates the ...

Oscar winner Marion Cotillard plays the title role in the New York Philharmonic's staged production of Arthur Honegger's classic French oratorio. By THR Staff Joan of Arc at the Stake Production Still ...

This little building with the steep-pitched roof and pointed spire was built in the 15th century as Chapelle de St. Martin de Sayssuel, in the small village of Chasse. And, the story goes, Joan of Arc ...

A MODEST, 15th-century silver ring for which an ambitious London dealer might ask £1,000 sold for an astonishing £297,000 at TimeLine Auctions on February 25th, a world auction record for a medieval ...