“So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and petition, in fasting, and in sackcloth and ashes.”—Daniel 9:3 “The Ninevites believed God. A fast was proclaimed, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth. When Jonah’s warning reached th...
“This has given an air of mystery to his views, was the foundation of his banishment, the subversion of the Masonic order, and is the colour for the ravings against him of Robinson, Barruel & Morse, whose real fears are that the craft would be endangered by the spreading of information...
just above the horn of Africa. Itwas founded in the 1st century CE, flourished from the 3rd to 6th century CE, and then survived as a much smaller political entity into the 8th century CE.
As of 2011, most Armenians areChristians(97%) and are members of Armenia's own church, the Armenian Apostolic Church, which is one of the oldest Christian churches. It was founded in the 1st century AD, and in 301 AD became the first branch of Christianity to become a state religion. ...
Drawing on practice theory of Schatzki, we analyse different attitudes to digital practices expressed by members of the Russian Orthodox Church as shaped by their perception of the affordances of digital media and practice normativity. Developing previous studies, we demonstrate that the normative ...
13 In 1054,the Christian church in Constantinople refused to accept the supremacy of the Roman Pope and was thus excommunicated by the latter.Christianity was initially divided into two parts:the one in Rome called the Roman Catholic Church and the one in Constantinople call ...
Orthodox Easter, also called Pascha and Resurrection Sunday, is the oldest and most important festival in the Eastern Christian tradition, celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection (rising from the grave) following his crucifixion and death. His resurrection forms the basis of Christian faith as it dem...
In the days of the Soviet Union, Christmas was not celebrated very much. New Year was the important time — when “Father Frost” brought presents to children. With the fall of Communism, Christmas can be openly celebrated either on December 25th; or more often on January 7th. This unusual...
“It was the second week of school, it was first period, and I had gym class,” the unidentified girl explains in a video released by the law firm. “And I walked in with all my friends, and while I was putting on my pants I heard a man’s voice. So I turned around and he’...
most of the true giants of empirical science-the people who founded entire scientific disciplines or who made landmark scientific discoveries-were primarily devout Christians who believed that their scientific studies, far from being in conflict with their religious faith, ultimately was depende...