Calendar of saints

Christians were those who were faithful but not ordained as clerics or had taken any monastic vows. As a whole, they sought for greater involvement in the devotional life of the Catholic Church as well as a more personal relationship with God and other saints. The Book of Hours provided a solution to this issue as it had easily accessible information, an ability to be personalized, and the means to be mass produced which all led to its extreme popularity during this time period (Getty Museum, The Medieval

Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is a version of the Latin word meaning "coming". Latin adventus is the translation of the Greek word parousia, commonly used to refer to the Second Coming of Christ. For Christians, the season of Advent anticipates the coming of Christ from three different perspectives. "Since the time of Bernard of Clairvaux(d.1153) Christians

From being a healer of bodily ailments, Saint Blaise became a physician of souls, then retired for a time, by divine inspiration, to a cavern where he remained in prayer. As bishop of Sebastea, Blaise instructed his people as much by his example as by his words, and the great virtues of the servant of God were attested by many miracles. From all parts, the people came to him for the cure of bodily ills. According to the Acts, while Blaise was being taken into custody, a distraught mother, whose

Multiculturalism: Christian Orthodox Serbs in Balkans Being a part of a certain culture means having common ground with some other people. Most of the time we are not even aware that we belong to a certain culture, but every human being belongs somewhere, and not only to one group but to more of them. Our beliefs, customs, traditions, place of birth, religion can determine our belonging to a group. Christianity itself is everywhere in the world and even though long time ago it was one religion;

entire first two weeks of July. (Saint Leo University, 2015) As it was too wet to work on Friday, July 12th, the work was delayed until the following Monday however, the materials for the roof and the framing were ordered and being delivered on Sunday. The supervisor has asked the project manager and the project management team to create a recovery plan to start the drywall work on time by the end of July. That gives you two weeks to do essentially four weeks of work. (Saint Leo University, 2015) For weather

According to the New Testament, He was the Son of Zebedee and Salome. His brother was James, Son of Zebedee, who was another one of the twelve Apostles. I chose Saint John the Apostle because he outlived the remaining Apostles, He was the only one not to die of a Martyr’s death. He was the author of several books in the New Testament. Saint John’s early life was unknown but he was a disciple of John the Baptist, before being called with his brother James to follow Jesus, who gave them the name Boanerges

replaced by a provisional government during the first revolution of February 1917 (March in the Gregorian calendar; the older Julian calendar was in use in Russia at the time). In the second revolution that October, the Provisional Government was removed and replaced with a Bolshevik (Communist) government. The February Revolution (March 1917) was a revolution focused around Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg), then capital of Russia. In the chaos, members of the Imperial parliament or Duma assumed control

Saint Catherine of Sienas original name is Caterina Benincasa and she was one of twenty five children. She was the Third Order of the Dominicans, an academic Philosopher, a studier of theology and she had a primary influence on the Catholic Church. Due to her having such a large influence, she was declared a Saint and doctor of the Roman Catholic Church. Born on the 25th March, 1347 Siena, Italy she passed on the 29th April, 1380 Rome, Italy at thirty three years. Her passing was caused by a stroke

Saint Rose of Lima is the patron saint of beauty due to her remarkable appearance.Rose is an innovation to many, because unlike many people today, she loathed her beauty due to being too alluring. I chose Saint Rose because she didn’t like people being tempted by her or staring at her. Rose only wanted to satisfy her parents and God. I also chose this saint because throughout her early life, she did things people normally would not contemplate or endeavour. Her feast day is on August 23th on the

“Jesus christ Lord of all things! You see my heart, you know my desires, possesses all I am, you alone I am your sheep make me worthy to overcome the devil,” said St. Agatha. She is the patron saint of Sicily, nurses, foundry men, miners, jewelers, bell founders, alpine guides, protector against fires, earthquakes, famine, thunderstorms, volcanoes, and breast disease. When the governor Quintian purposed to St. Agatha she declined it and got put in a house of prostitution. Quintian was a terrible