Easter Easter is the most important festival in the Christian calendar. It is the commemoration of Jesus’’ death and his rising from the dead, also known as the resurrection. It comes at the end of Lent. The week leading up to it is called Holy Week. Palm Sunday is the first day of...
On the right bank of the Dnieper River in Kiev liesKyiv Pechersk Lavra, one of the most historic and holy sites in Eastern Orthodoxy. Founded in 1051 as a cave monastery, this sprawling complex expanded over the centuries to become the cradle of Eastern Slavic Christianity. Today it continues...
Built in 326 A.D., the Church of the Holy Sepulchre contains Jesus Christ’s tomb. 19. Forbidden City, China – One of the Most Unique UNESCO Sites Looking for a world heritage site that will blow your mind? Step into a realm where emperors once ruled and dragons danced. The Forbidden...
The Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos: On the second day of the feast, the Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos is celebrated. Combining the hymns of the Nativity with those celebrating the Mother of God, the Church points to Mary as the one through whom the Incarnation was made possible....
Christianity is the most widely practiced religion in the world, with some 2.4 billion followers -- one-third of the global population. The Catholic church alone has 1.09 billion followers. The United States has the largest Christian population in the world, but not the highest rate of Christian...
Jerusalem is a holy city to three religions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, whilst being the modern capital of the State of Israel and the country’s largest city. It is a fascinatingly unique place where the first century rubs shoulders with the twenty-first century, and where picturesque...
Being one of the oldest religious traditions, it gave birth to Christianity as Jesus Christ was a Jew.Judaism is based on ancient Hebrew beliefs that are found in the first five books of the Old Testament-the first half of the Christian book, the Bible-and is called the Torah.Christians ...
Other things you must see are theHoly Crownand the coronation jewels. 3. Thermal Baths Széchenyi Baths Who hasn’t heard of the thermal baths in Budapest? Budapest is leading in the number of thermal baths not only among European big cities, but also in the world, as there are almost118...
and to anoint the most Holy; not literally the most holy place in the temple; figuratively, either heaven itself, anointed, and prepared for his people by the Messiah's ascension thither, and entrance into it; or rather most holy persons, the church and people of God, typified by the san...
In those early centuries of Christianity, Christianity did not go into the world apologizing. It went to slay the powers of darkness and undo the works of the devil, and it lived in holy triumph. —John G. Lake 241 If you aim for only wealth, beauty, fame, & power, you aim too low...