On Maundy Thursday, the altar of this Methodist church was stripped and the crucifix of this Methodist church was veiled in black for Good Friday (black is the liturgical colour for Good Friday in the United Methodist Church). A wooden cross sits in front of the bare chancel for the veneration of the cross ceremony, which occurs during the United Methodist Good Friday liturgy.

Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday Maundy Thursday (also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, among other names) is the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the foot washing (Maundy) and the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, as described in...

Blessing with holy water during an Eastern Orthodox Bright Week procession.

Easter Monday

Easter Monday Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday and is a holiday in some countries. Easter Monday in the Western Christian liturgical calendar is the second day of Eastertide and analogously in the Byzantine Rite is the second day of Bright Week. Religious Observances Eastern Christianity Main article: Bright...

These are small crosses made up of palm on occasion of palm Sunday.

Palm Sunday

Palm Sunday Palm Sunday is a Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels. In most liturgical churches Palm Sunday is celebrated by the blessing and distribution of palm branches or the branches of other native trees...

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Good Friday Prayer

Good Friday Prayer Good Friday Prayer can refer to any of the prayers prayed by Christians on Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, or to all such prayers collectively. Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine-rite Catholic prayer on Good Friday Eastern Orthodox Christians and many Byzantine-rite Catholics, who use the same liturgy, spend this day fasting from all food,...

Oremus et pro perfidis Judæis.

Good Friday Prayer For The Jews

Good Friday Prayer For The Jews The Good Friday prayer for the Jews is an annual prayer in the Christian, particularly Roman Catholic, liturgy. It is one of several petitions known as the “Solemn Collects” or “Solemn Intercessions” that are made in the Good Friday service for various classes and stations...

Jesus' ascension to heaven depicted by John Singleton Copley, 1775

Ascension Of Jesus

Ascension Of Jesus The ascension of Jesus (anglicized from the Vulgate Latin Acts 1:9-11 section title: Ascensio Iesu) is the departure of Christ from Earth into the presence of God. The biblical narrative in Chapter 1 of the Acts of the Apostles takes place 40 days after the resurrection: Jesus is taken up from the disciples in...

Vigil during the Service of the Royal Hours.

Good Friday

Good Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday and may coincide with the Jewish observance of Passover. It is also known as Holy...

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First Satanic Church

First Satanic Church The First Satanic Church is an organization founded by Karla LaVey on October 31, 1997 in San Francisco, California, that is dedicated to LaVeyan Satanism as codified by Anton LaVey in The Satanic Bible. The church’s stated mission is to carry on the legacy of Anton LaVey through “the study of Satanism and the...

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Prayer For Life

Prayers For Life We have collected some of the best prayers for life to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities...

The Holy Spirit

Prayers To The Holy Spirit

Prayers To The Holy Spirit We have collected some of the best Prayers To The Holy Spirit to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. For the majority...

Prayers of Jesus

Prayers To Jesus In The Holy Eucharist

Prayers To Jesus In The Holy Eucharist We have collected some of the best Prayers To Jesus In The Holy Eucharist to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your...

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What Is Life?

What Is Life? Life is the most luminous, the most beautiful of the miracles of Dominical Power. It is the most powerful and most brilliant of the proofs of Divine Unity. It is the most comprehensive and most shining of the mirrors displaying the manifestations of the Eternally Besought One....

Plants in the Bujuku Valley, Rwenzori Mountains National Park, in the Ruwenzori Mountains at about 3,700 metres (12,100 ft) altitude, SW Uganda. Center rear - a high Erica tree hung with lichen; left side - short "trees" with bright green leaves are Dendrosenecio adnivalis; and also Lobelia in front of straw flowers.

Life

What Is Life? Life is a characteristic that distinguishes physical entities that have biological processes, such as signaling and self-sustaining processes, from those that do not, either because such functions have ceased (they have died), or because they never had such functions and are classified as inanimate. Various forms of...

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Prayers For Before and After Surgery

Prayers For Before and After Surgery We have collected some of the best prayers For Before and After Surgery to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Surgery is...

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Prayers For Depression 

Prayers For Depression We have collected some of the best prayers for depression to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Depression, a state of low mood and...

Aniconic carving representing the final nirvana of a Buddha at Sanchi.

Nirvana In Buddhism

Nirvana In Buddhism Nirvana in Buddhism (निर्वाण, nirvāṇa, nibbana, nibbāna) is the earliest and most common term used to describe the goal of the Buddhist path. The literal meaning is “blowing out” or “quenching.” It is the ultimate spiritual goal in Buddhism and marks the soteriological release from rebirths in samsāra. Nirvana is...

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Prosperity Theology

Prosperity Theology Prosperity theology (sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, the gospel of success, or seed faith) is a religious belief among some Christians, who hold that financial blessing and physical well-being are always the will of God for them, and that faith, positive speech, and donations...

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Prayers For Healing

Prayers For Healing We have collected some of the best Prayers For Healing to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Healing is the process of the restoration of health...

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Prayers For Those Who Suffer

Prayers For Those Who Suffer We have collected some of the best prayers For Those Who Suffer to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. Suffering, or pain in...

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Prayers For the Sick

Prayers For The Sick We have collected some of the best Prayers For the Sick to use in request to God. May these prayers for safety bring you comfort and peace of mind. May these prayers for strength encourage your spirit and strengthen your faith. This prayers may be used...