Last year (2023) Multiple Dates Where is it celebrated? Burkina Faso (Public holiday)Congo (Public holiday)Canada (Observance) Show all According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a saint is “one officially recognized especially through canonization as preeminent for holiness; one of the spirits ...
The purple is symbolic in two ways: it is the traditional color of mourning (recalling Jesus' death) and also symbolic of royalty (celebrating Christ's coming as King). In Eastern Orthodox Christianity Lent is called 'Great Lent' and is the most important fasting period of the year, in ...
Subscribe to Christ is All and in All Popular Latest Tags Morbid Obesity 12 Comments Just Stop It! 8 Comments Four Positions Necessary For Success 7 Comments Politics and the Kingdom 6 Comments Wine, Beer, Wisdom, Discipline, and Understanding ...
Ascension Day 2025 is on Thursday, May 29, 2025 (in 157 days). Calendar for 2025Ascension Day 2024 has already passed: it was on Thursday, May 9, 2024 (227 days ago). Calendar for 2024Sponsored linksWhat is Ascension Day?Ascension of Christ by Garofalo, 1520 The Solemnity of the ...
First and foremost, the meaning of life is ultimately found in the Author of Life Himself. The Bible reveals this mystery: Jesus Christ is the hope of glory (Colossians 1:27) and the Creator of all things (John 1:1-4, Colossians 1:15-17, Hebrews 1:1-2). ...
Today, I would like to explore with you what that prayer might mean. What does it mean to pray for the kingdom to come? What is the kingdom of God? And, on this Sunday when the church celebrates Christ the King, what does it mean to say that Christ is king? And what kind of ...
Greetings from the Berkshire Hills. I’m Rick Floyd and I’m Pastor Emeritus of the First Church of Christ in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. It will be 50 years ago next year that I walked down the Andover Newton hill and took the MBTA from Newton Centre to Newton Highlands for a job intervi...
Legend of the birth of Jesus that night, shepherds of their flocks in the desert when suddenly I heard the sound of heaven, to the news that they reported the birth of Jesus Christ. According to the Bible, because Jesus came to the world, the King of Angels by the Shepherd pass the ...
The test is passed. I laid myself down within you to sleep. And, as I said, “I dreamed a dream.” Now it begins, these things I remember. If I remember, then it is passed. As Paul states, “I have been crucified with Christ.” Nevertheless, I live, yet not I, but Christ wh...
Around the world, Christians unite on Ash Wednesday by focusing on the rejection of sin, the renewal of faith in Jesus Christ, and the renewal of life with God. Ash Wednesday is the beginning of the Lenten season where, in St. Matthew 6:1-34, Jesus talks to all people on how to act...