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Since the attack, thousands of people have brought bunches of flowers, wreaths and other tokens such as teddy bears, creating a makeshift memorial at the Crocus City Hall.
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In some countries, it's a bigger deal even than Christmas. Easter is a highlight of the Christian calendar. From solemn processions and water fights to TV marathons, Europe is home to some unique Easter traditions – some spiritual and some… less so. If you’re wondering how to get in the Easter spirit, take inspiration from a trip around the continent with Euronews Culture. Watch elaborate Semana Santa parades in SpainGet a move on, celebrations have already started in Spain – Semana Santa (Holy Week) events take place across the entire last week of Lent. Along with treats such as French toast-...
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The bells have been ringing throughout the streets of Catania this week as thousands of faithful, dressed in white robes and black hats, pull the long 100 metre ropes attached to the statue and relics of the city's patron saint Agatha. The Feast of Saint Agatha is the world's third-largest religious celebration, attracting more than a million believers and non-believers from around the globe in the first week of February. For many, the city's patron saint is a symbol of rebellion against patriarchy. In 249 AD, at the age of 15, Agata vowed to consecrate herself to God. However, Quinziano, task...
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Smack my Baptist Up! Faith is Massive! Shut Up and Pray! These are my nominees for new rave tunes to be played tonight when Canterbury Cathedral hosts its second night of 90s silent discos. Held on Thursday night in the cathedral, first founded in the Kent city in 597 AD, the silent disco was the first of two back-to-back sellout events. It's part of a series of silent discos taking place in cathedrals and churches around Europe, a spokesperson for the Grade I listed building said the event would be “appropriate and respectful” and “not a rave in the nave”. Eurovision 2024: What’s behind the c...
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A German abbot in Jerusalem called on Monday for more decisive action to be taken against anti-Christian attacks in Israel, after he was spat at by two Jews in the famed Old City. Father Nicodemus Schnabel, abbot of the Abbey of the Dormition in Jerusalem, was attacked and spat on by two Jews on Saturday. They also insulted Jesus. The Benedictine monk was out for a walk in the city at the time with a German journalist who documented the incident. A police spokeswoman said on Monday that the two suspects had been detained on Saturday and placed under house arrest. One of them is a 17-year-old f...
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New York (AFP) - The number of Americans who identify as non-religious is soaring in the profoundly Christian United States, according to a Pew Research Center study published Tuesday. Some 29 percent of American adults are now religiously unaffiliated -- up from 16 percent 14 years ago -- the survey found. America is home to a powerful, socially conservative Christian right-wing political faction and Christianity remains the overwhelmingly dominant religion in the country. But the religion is declining markedly, the Pew results showed. Seventy-eight percent of US adults identified as Christia...
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Washington (AFP) - A US pastor who made a brief television appearance in drag, wearing a huge pink wig and sequined leotard, has been removed from his ministry, a local church official in Indiana said Wednesday. Wearing high-heeled thigh boots, lipstick and purple eyeshadow and with a crucifix around his neck, Craig Duke, 62, made a big splash on the HBO show "We're Here," at least among his horrified parishioners. The Methodist reverend described the appearance as "an incredibly wonderful, refreshing, deepening, powerful spiritual experience," in an interview with the Religion News Service. B...
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Har Bracha (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Dangling off vines at Har Bracha settlement in the occupied West Bank, the grapes are plump and ready to pick. This year, evangelical Christians are volunteering for the job.Missouri-based HaYovel organises "faith-based volunteering" for Christian backers of Israel."Our mission is to take an active role in, and educate people about, the prophetic RESTORATION of the land of Israel that is happening TODAY," says its website. More than 450,000 Israelis live in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank.Many are attracted by low rents, but others are ...
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The history of Western music begins in the 4th Century as the Roman Empire was crumbling under the onslaught of barbarian invasions. It was adopted and developed within the Christian Church for use in ecclesiastical services, to elevate religious sentiment among the population and to wean the many converts to Christianity off of the pagan music and rites which were considered antithetical to Christianity.Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and moreThe History Of Western MusicWhile the history of Western music began in the 4th Century Church, it was based on the ancient Greek and Roman musi...
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