An update on the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas” by Elizabeth Sunshine Koroma. This is based on the legend that St. Nicholas slapped Arius for being a heretic at the Council of Nicaea in AD 325.
September 14 is the Feast of the Cross. Celebrated by Catholics (Latin and Eastern Rites), Eastern and Oriental Orthodox, the Church of the East, Anglicans, Lutherans, and some other Protestant traditions, the feast commemorates the finding of the True Cross by St....
It’s been quite a while since I posted. The summer has been very busy with travels and family, but I’m now in a position to get back to posting. Given the date today, I thought a post from an old Irish source would be appropriate. On this date in AD 565, St. Columba...
In the early middle ages (roughly AD 500-1000), European civilization was in serious decline. The climate had gotten colder and wetter, resulting in a shorter growing season and declining population. People moved out of the cities into the countryside to survive, and...
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