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Did a Pagan Goddess Inspire Easter?
Claims that Easter is rooted in pagan worship—especially of a goddess named Ishtar—are common but largely unfounded. This video breaks down the only historical reference to the Anglo-Saxon goddess ...
Easter, the principal festival of the Christian church year, celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion. The origins of Easter date to the beginnings of ...
Ceiliúradh laethanta speisialta a bhain le dul chun cinn na bliana in Éirinn. Tarlaíonn roinnt acu fós, cuimhnímís ar fhéile ...
The ‘pagan festival’ originated from an often-cited 19th century book by the Scots reverend Alexander Hislop titled The Two Babylons. Hislop maintained the word Easter was derived from Chaldean ...
Crossing the Spanish location of Castrillo de Murciain June, you could attend the event of an ancient Catholic tradition ...
The church acknowledges three creeds: the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene-Constantinople Creed and the Athanasian Creed.
A tiny gold coin that is believed to be the oldest from the Anglo-Saxons in East Anglia has been found in a field. Coin expert Adrian Marsden described the coin as a "massively significant" find ...
The figure holds his cross above a valknut, which is a pagan design of three interlocked triangles. Similar emblems have been seen on Anglo-Saxon cremation urns A tiny gold coin that is believed ...
Dr Marsden also pointed out it was the second coin in Norfolk to benefit from a new treasure definition on "the basis of national significance". The government changed the legal definition of the ...
Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Sandman Season 2, Volume 1. Proceed accordingly. Heads up: The first half of The ...