Easter Rising

CHRISTIANS VS JEHOVAH WITNESS What are holidays? How are they perceived between two different religions? To many people, holidays are a time of gatherings, gifts and socializing. To others, they are like any other day. Let’s take a look at two different religions and dive a little deeper into their holiday views and the reasoning behind them. Holidays why are they viewed totally differently by different religions? Many people do not realize the vast difference of opinions amongst many religious…

Sunday is Easter! This is our time to shine as a church to the entire community! Easter is for many things: The proof of our redemption in Christ. The grave has been forever robbed. Sin has been defeated. Hope for tomorrow. As Christians we celebrate our King and rejoice towards eternity. And for those who have no hope, they will get to discover the hope that is only found in Jesus. Easter becomes our opportunity, The Refuge Church's opportunity that the Holy Spirit has given us to…

As a Person of God and a member of the Body of Christ through baptism, God calls me to serve others as He served during the incarnation. God calls us to take part in Jesus ' life, death, and resurrection, or the Paschal Mystery, so we can share in Him and experience His life on earth. In addition, as a member of the Church, I am called to demonstrate in all that I do the Marks of the Church: one, holy, catholic, and apostolic. Through my service at Field Elementary, I was not only able to…

Mennonites first arrived in Canada in 1776. They had originated from German speaking countries making the German language on of their defining traits during that time. A census done in 2001 stated that 191,000 Mennonites live in Canada, and as of 2010 the largest concentrations of which lived in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, and Kitchener-Waterloo area. Over half of the Mennonite populations live in cities, mainly Winnipeg (Millette, 2015). Much is not commonly known about the Mennonite culture to those…

If you really want to hear about it, you’ll want to know how the old egg got there. I don’t know how it got there and I don’t think anybody ever will. It just showed up. Out of nowhere. Like some magician just plopped it there or something. It wasn’t like the other eggs either, it was big, very big. About 30 times bigger if you ask me. It was a little spotted too. Not like a bold type of spotted though. More muted, a nice kind if spotted. Anyways, it just showed up one day, and what really…

In the Mt St Michaels (MSM) Easter Liturgy there were many of the five types of ritual (Refer to appendix? : Five types of Ritual) reflected however some types were more evident than others. The Rite of Communication or Devotion was clearly evident in the MSM liturgy as there was clear communication and devotion in the ritual, especially which highlighted the obligation of Christians to follow and be devoted to the examples set by Jesus. The rite of demarcation was also significantly evident in…

prayers and the Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great. In Sweden, the holiday, connected to ancient folklore about witches, often sees children dress up as witches and knock on doors for treats and Easter eggs. In Bulgaria, it marks the day when people traditionally color Easter eggs and begin to prepare for the Easter…

in addition to my birth. This is the most important day in history because the resurrection of Jesus occurred, tax day struggles intensified, and Fred Lebow was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Easter, the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. A wonderful day every year but especially in 2001. Easter is the most essential holiday in the Christian religion. It was a wonderful day with family bonding and sweets to enjoy. Churches gave out candy with, “a biblical passage on the label and a…

Christmas Day and Three Kings Day have a variety of similarities and differences. Christmas is the celebration of Jesus’s birth in the United States of America, whereas Three Kings Day is not. Los Tres Reyes Magos is the celebration of the three kings coming to give baby jesus gifts. This is celebrated in Spanish Speaking countries, which can include Mexico, Panama, and Costa Rica. The custom and traditions of the holidays can have multiple similar or different ideas. The similarities can…

Melito of Sardis is thought to have penned a homily called “A Homily on the Passover,” or Peri Pascha. This piece elucidates a christology with several important facets. First, Melito centers Christ as both fully human and fully divine. He writes at length that Jesus, in his christological role, was both temporal and atemporal, finite and infinite, the embodiment of the Father [sic] and the Son [sic]. Further, Jesus, as the Christ, is understood to be a mold-breaker. The mold was the Law to…