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In the New Testament, the word pomegranate is never mentioned, though it’s practically guaranteed to be among the list of foods Jesus ate. Whether it was Nazareth where he grew up, the towns along the Sea of Galilee, or in Jerusalem, this superfruit was cultivated and consumed throughout ...
The passage of months, weeks, days, and hours delivers us once again to The Holidays, a time of year we celebrate religiously whether we are or not. Christmas is such a fusion of new and ancient traditions, from pagan to Holy of Holies, it’s hard to know just what to make of it ...
I love Christmas mainly because it is Jesus' birthday! Zhenia My favorite holiday is New Year. We celebrate the New Year on the 31st of December. Father Frost comes with his granddaughter Snegoorochka on this night. He comes at night and puts his presents under the New Year Tree. We hav...
Some Christians today celebrate a feast day called Candlemas on February 2. The holiday occurs 40 days after Christmas, symbolizing the end of the Virgin Mary’s 40-day post-childbirth purification period required by Jewish law and her presentation of the infant Jesus at the Temple in Jerusalem...
I ….. About holidays: What ’ s your favourite holiday?My favourite holiday is …. When ’ s ….?It ’ s in/on …. What do people usually do at/on … ?They … Did you … last..?( have a big lunch, go to a party, visit your relatives and friends, eat a lot of delicious...
Richard then told me that I should go to the front, but I whole heartedly decided against that – apparently the vice pastor had asked, but got the hint that I wanted no part of any such thing, and moved on to bigger and better Jesus-related issues. Some more music followed, and ...
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Since nearly all of the first Christians were Jewish, this may partially explain why the celebration of Jesus' birth would not be consistent with that early custom. "There is no tradition in Judaism of celebrating birthdays as holidays, otherwise we would expect holidays for the birthdays ofMoses...
Anno domini, the year numbering system (calendar era) we use today, was devised by a 6th-century monk named Dionysius Exiguus, who lived in an area now part ofRomaniaandBulgaria. Dionysius used Roman numerals to number the years “since the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ”, as he pu...