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Saturday is the day of the week between Friday and Sunday. No later than the 2nd century, the Romans named Saturday diēs Sāturnī ("Saturn's Day") for the...

The observance of Christmas around the world varies by country. The day of Christmas, and in some cases the day before and the day after, are recognized...

The Kindertransport (German for "children's transport") was an organised rescue effort of children from Nazi-controlled territory that took place in 1938–1939...

Polycephaly is the condition of having more than one head. The term is derived from the Greek stems poly (Greek: "πολύ") meaning "many" and kephalē (Greek:...

Mar-Zutra III, also called Mar-Zutra bar Mar-Zutra, according to the Seder Olam Zutta, was the posthumous and only son of the 30th Exilarch of Babylon...

Shaking the dust from the feet was a practice of pious Jews during New Testament times. When Jesus called his twelve disciples, he told them to perform...

Bolnisi is a city in the country of Georgia, the capital of Bolnisi district, which has long been the seat of either a bishop or an archbishop. Bolnisi...

Jesus: A Portrait is a 2008 Christological book by the Australian Jesuit priest and academic Gerald O'Collins. The testimony embodied in the Gospels and...

The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History, 70-1492 is a 2012 book by Zvi Eckstein and Maristella Botticini. It won the 2012 National Jewish Book...

Johannes Jacob Wecker (1528–1586) was a Swiss physician and philosopher. He worked as a doctor from 1566 and wrote a number of works about medicine, some...

Christ Groups are a category of Christian churches in several countries, including India. The number of Christ Groups possibly exceeds 100,000. Already...

The Japan Evangelical Lutheran Kumamoto Church (日本福音ルーテル熊本教会) is a Lutheran church in Kumamoto, Japan. The church was built on June 20, 1905. On July 1...