Saint Joseph's Day

Tsar Nicholas ll played a large role in the contribution to his own downfall due to his character and actions that lead to the key events of Bloody Sunday and World War 1. Firstly the Tsars uneducated and disinterested character lead him to have the inability to perform the role of a tsar which lead to many inconvenient decisions. In addition his neglectful, irresponsible and inhuman treatment of his subjects lead to the massacre of Bloody Sunday that decreased his popularity and changed his…

first revolution of February 1917. In the second one that happened in October, the Provisional Government was taken out and replaced with a Bolshevik or communist government. The February Revolution was a revolt centered on Petrograd which is now Saint Petersburg. In the madness, individuals from the Imperial parliament or the Duma accepted control of the nation,…

that day, they celebrated a festival called Samhain during which they “gathered to sacrifice animals, fruits, and vegetables” and “lit bonfires in honor of the dead, to aid them on their journey, and to keep them away from the living” (Santino). Later, with the influence of Christian missionaries who attempted but failed to convert and completely remove the Celtic beliefs of the supernatural and the deities, a new holiday came into being, a holiday known as All Saints Day or All Hallows Day.…

be able to do so. Another challenge I may encounter would involve the religious aspect of the ban. Nowadays, our society is immensely diversified with culture and religion. It will be hard to find facts about how many people actually use Sunday as a day of worship and how many do not. I will develop a better understanding of this through research of what religions use Sunday for worship, and a demographic of the religious views in…

St. Edward the Martyr St. Edward the Martyr’s feast day is on March 18th. He is the patron saint of England and glandular disease. St. Edward was the oldest son of King Edgar and Ethelfleda. His mother was the first wife of his father. She died after her son’s birth in 963 or 964. During the birth of St. Edward it was said his father had a dream. King Edgar’s mother told the story of the dream as said “After your death the church of God will be attacked. You will have two sons. The supporters…

like getting engaged but the father picks the man and they have to act like they're already married, as young as 12 back then, so it is estimated that she would have been around 12-16 at the time. She was betrothed to a carpenter named Joseph. One day a messenger…

The Romans had been fully aware of the discontent in the country and the hope of a liberator. The Jews believed the Messiah would appear in the “End times” (The Last Days) which they believed had arrived. The belief grew even stronger when John the Baptist began preaching that all the prophesies about the Messiah would soon be fulfilled. The gospels states that the main charge against Jesus was that he had claimed to…

A struggling single father hopes to win a million dollar prize by entering a competition to replace an injured Santa, save Christmas, and impress his young daughter. STORY COMMENTS ON FIRST 30 PAGES MY SANTA HERO is a sweet title for this family friendly holiday tale. The first 30 pages clearly defines the goal of saving Christmas, his family, and winning a million dollars. The emotional goal is trying to impress his young daughter. The idea of saving Christmas isn’t considered highly…

grace, through faith, and this is not ourselves.” This quote is from Saint Nicholas, also known as Santa Claus. Saint Nicholas had a generous and loving heart and followed Jesus’s way to the best of his abilities. He always gave to the needy, helpless, poor, and sick throughout his life, even if it meant becoming one of those things as well. This saint will always be in everyone’s hearts no matter how bad or good things may be. Saint Nicholas was born in the third century. His parents died in…

The easy comfort was that they had died because God was unhappy with their sins. In ancient times it was often assumed that a calamity would befall only those who were extremely sinful .(Concordia study bible page 1575). So when they came to Jesus to report this tragedy it was in assumption that these sinful man had perished and their blood mixed with sacrifices by Pilate. Jesus then corrects their assumption by saying these deaths of the Galileans were not worse that the other Galileans still…