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In the Eastern Orthodox traditions, March 26th is The Synaxis of the Archangel Gabriel. It is a Feast day that honors the Archangel's participation in the in the Annunciation of Mary, the Mother of Jesus. It is celebrated on the day after the actual feast of the Annunciation, because it is to celebrate not the child that is to be born in the coming ( Read more... )

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beatitude: possessing an inward contentedness and joy that is not affected by the physical circumstances

8 specific blessing written about in both the gospels of Luke & Matthew. Both the same, and different. One concerned with the physical (Luke speaks of the poor) and one other concerned with the psychological (Matthew speaks of the poor in ( Read more... )

July 16th, 1945 - First Atomic Bomb Blast, Trinity Test Site, NM

July 16th, 1054 - The begining of the Great East-West Schism

Just watched "Jesus Camp"... and while I am very familiar with Evangelicals and Evengelical Conferences (having been one as a teenager)... I was still disturbed by the ages of the children that were partaking in such emotionally charged "events". That woman (Becky Fisher), and the parents of those children should not be allowd to use those type of ( Read more... )