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Knights in white sashes
2007-08-16 02:26:00 TUCKED away in Clerkenwell in the heart of old London, close to Smithfield meat market and ignored by office workers as they scurry past, is a remarkable link with the Crusades: it is St John’s Gate, which, with the nearby Grand Priory Church, is all that remains of the English headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller ... More About: Articles , Opinion , White , Nights
Letters remain the holy grail to code-breakers
2007-08-15 02:55:00 For 250 years it defied all code-breakers. Darwin had a go; Dickens, and Wedgwood too. But the 10-letter inscription - DOUOSVAVVM - carved into a monument on the Shugborough Estate in Staffordshire thumbed its nose at the curious. Those of a romantic (or deluded) disposition believed it to be a coded message of the kind used ... More About: News , Articles , Opinion , Code , Letters
Igreja Ortodoxa acusa forças turcas de agressão contra fiéis
2007-08-14 02:30:00 O arcebispo da Igreja Ortodoxa no Chipre, Chrysostomos 2º, afirmou nesta segunda-feira que “a liberdade dos cristãos está mais uma vez ameaçada” no país. Ele divulgou um comunicado afirmando que a celebração de uma missa no monastério de São Barnabás de Famagusta, no território ocupado pelo exército turco, foi impedida com uso de violência. O terço ... More About: News , Religion , Contra
Turks expel Cyprus abbot from historical monastery
2007-08-14 02:29:00 At the time that religious freedom is preached by Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan, the Turkish occupation forces brutally expelled the abbot of the oldest Greek Cypriot Orthodox monastery this week. Government Spokesman Vasilis Palmas condemned Thursday the expulsion of the abbot of the monastery of Apostolos Varnavas (Saint Barnabas) in the northern occupied part of ... More About: News , Religion , English , Historical , Cyprus
Tomar - Last redoubt of the Knights Templar
2007-08-13 02:14:00 Persecution drove the warrior monks of the Middle Ages to Tomar in Portugal . There, Richard Robinson finds, they built their Camelot “I SEE that you are not Jewish,” said the only person, other than my wife and I, inside the sparse, four-pillared chamber. My wife shot me a reprimanding look, as if I had done something ... More About: Articles , Knights , Opinion
FINDING MY RELIGION II - The Rev. Ken Barnes saw alcohol as a gateway to th
2007-08-10 02:48:00 Alcohol has long been part of spiritual practices, from the Grecian rites of Dionysus, the god of wine, to the observance of the Christian Eucharist. The Talmud, a sacred book of Jewish law, insists that the celebration of Purim is not complete until a person has drunk so much that he “cannot tell the difference ... More About: Religion , Articles , Spirituality , Opinion , Interview
Tras la pista de san Guillermo
2007-08-09 02:36:00 SAN GUILLERMO fue un caballero-monje muy admirado por las órdenes de caballería debido a su valentía y religiosidad. Tanto es así que una de estas órdenes le erigió una ermita que dio nombre a un monte de Fisterra. El cardenal Jerónimo del Hoyo, que visita la ermita en 1607, dice que había un sepulcro donde estuvo ... More About: Articles , Spain , Guillermo
Esqueletos Templários Enterrados no Jardim
2007-08-08 02:54:00 A câmara de Santarém realizou uma prospecção arqueológica preventiva para requalificar o jardim da República, recolhendo dez esqueletos de época medieval e uma estela funerária, segundo o arqueólogo da autarquia, escreve a Lusa. António Matias disse à Agência Lusa que a obra de requalificação do jardim contíguo ao convento de S. Francisco «será acompanhada por arqueólogos» ... More About: News , Portugal , Jardim , Rado , Temp
China Detains Priests From Underground Catholic Church
2007-08-07 02:34:00 BEIJING (AP) — A U.S. based monitoring group says four more priests from China ’s underground Roman Catholic church have been detained by police. The Cardinal Kung Foundation says three priests were detained Tuesday after fleeing their hometown to avoid arrest for refusing to join the state-sanctioned church, while the fourth priest was detained in early July. China’s ... More About: News , Religion , Church , Catholic Church
Catholics called to Second Life
2007-08-06 02:41:00 VATICAN CITY, Roman Catholics are being encouraged by a Vatican-approved journal to preach the word of Jesus in the virtual world of Second Life . The Rev. Antonio Spadaro wrote in La Civilta Cattolica that Christian teaching is the answer to the rampant sinning, including gambling and prostitution, The Telegraph reported Monday. Second Life , an Internet-based game that ... More About: News , Religion
FINDING MY RELIGION I - Tau Malachi, a Sophian Gnostic bishop, talks about
2007-08-03 02:02:00 No matter what you think about the book or the movie — love it, hate it or totally sick of hearing about it — “The Da Vinci Code” has sparked a debate about the nature of faith and the foundations of Christianity. It’s also turned a spotlight on some lesser-known religious traditions that have been ... More About: Religion , Articles , Spirituality , Opinion , Interview
New Da Vinci theory takes down several Leonardo related sites
2007-08-02 02:21:00 Slavisa Pesci, an amateur scholar and information technologist, has made some interesting remarks that caused some Leonardo Da Vinci related websites to suffer and crash because of the onslaught of traffic that came from conspiracy theorists and Dan Brown fans. Pesci said that when he superimposed a reversed image of the fresco ?Last Supper? on top ... More About: News , Italy , Opinion , English , Sites
Most Popular Posts - July
2007-08-01 22:32:00 Dear readers, Once again we publish the table of the most read posts during July. Be sure to check the ones you haven’t read yet and explore even further the resources we have now in our Blog. In the table you’ll find the present position of a post and the position it occupied last month in ... More About: Articles , English , Popular , Fran , Posts
C?est Vrai: Marquis de La Fayette was social butterfly during stay in New O
2007-08-01 02:16:00 Under this title the “Daily Advertiser” from Louisiana, United States , published a short article a few days ago about the social calendar of the Marquis de La Fayette while he visited New Orleans in 1825. La Fayette was a French military officer and former aristocrat who participated in both the American and French revolutions, an ... More About: Social , Articles , English , Butterfly
Gloucestershire?s Ley Lines
2007-07-31 02:04:00 Ley lines, also known as “leys” and “dragon lines” are phenomena most people have heard of but few really understand. Indeed it would be fair to say that no-one understands them fully, as they remain largely unexplained. Are there ley lines in Gloucestershire? If so, do they really ‘pass through’ allegedly haunted places? From what we do ... More About: Articles , Opinion , Lines , Este
Ark of the Covenant
2007-07-30 02:42:00 No ancient relic causes so much controversy as the Ark of the Covenant. The subject of Spielberg?s ?Raiders of the Lost Ark?, featuring the intrepid Indiana Jones, the film does not exaggerate the passions the mystery of its location and power entails. Believed to have been constructed from acacia wood by Moses on Mount Sinai about ... More About: Religion , Articles , Opinion , English , Oven
Retreats With Peace of Mind
2007-07-27 02:55:00 SINCE the Middle Ages, monasteries in Europe have opened their doors to pilgrims and travelers. Today, monastic hospitality is also extended to tourists, who are attracted by the low price tag, the secluded medieval ambiance and the unspoiled locations.Spain has several dozen monasteries and nunneries that accept guests, many in sites of great natural beauty. Most ... More About: Peace , Articles , Spirituality , Opinion
Tras la pista de san Guillermo
2007-07-26 03:01:00 SAN GUILLERMO fue un caballero-monje muy admirado por las órdenes de caballería debido a su valentía y religiosidad. Tanto es así que una de estas órdenes le erigió una ermita que dio nombre a un monte de Fisterra. El cardenal Jerónimo del Hoyo, que visita la ermita en 1607, dice que había un sepulcro donde estuvo ... More About: Religion , Articles , Opinion , Spain , Guillermo
The Babylonian Captivity of the Catholic Church
2007-07-25 02:37:00 After years of scandalous publicity and tasteless priest jokes, the Catholic Church is settling out of court for a record $650 million in disbursements to victims of sexual abuse that occurred as far back as the 1940’s. Hoping to launch a new beginning in Los Angeles, the American Cardinal Roger Mahoney apologized to the plaintiffs, ... More About: Religion , United States , Articles , Opinion
Priory of England and Wales - Annual General Assembly in Llandudno, June 20
2007-07-24 02:11:00 This year’s Annual General Assembly of The Order of Knights Templar in England and Wales took place in the picturesque seaside town of Llandudno, in North West Wales. We initially all met on Friday night, 29th of June , at the Bonjour Restaurant on Madoc Street. Some of the members had travelled from their various corners of ... More About: News , Events
Revelation
2007-07-23 02:33:00 The Book of Revelation , the last book of the Bible, has fascinated and puzzled Christians for centuries. With its vivid imagery of disaster and suffering - the Battle of Armageddon, the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the hideous Beast whose number is 666 - many have seen it as a map to the end of ... More About: Religion , Books , Articles , Opinion
Papal Diplomacy - God?s Ambassadors
2007-07-20 02:56:00 The job of representing the pope in Burundi brings with it a fine colonial villa, but nobody would say Archbishop Paul Gallagher has an enviable post. In 2003 his predecessor, Archbishop Michael Courtney, died in a hail of bullets after mystery attackers ambushed his car. Whoever they were, the killers were clear about their target: ... More About: News , Religion , Articles , Opinion , English
Trancoso - Terra de Templários, Terra de Profecias
2007-07-19 02:57:00 O povoamento em Tran coso terá começado no século XIX A.C.. A comprová-lo a existência de um primitivo castro pastoril, posteriormente defensivo, provavelmente situado no mesmo local onde mais tarde se havia de erguer o castelo. Em 301 A. C. chegam os invasores romanos, aproveitam e ampliam o castro, dada a sua posição estratégica, o que ... More About: Articles , Portugal , Opinion , Terra
Mystery Surrounds Possible Oldest Church in North America
2007-07-18 02:30:00 North America ’s oldest church may lie beneath a small town in Newfoundland, according to information cobbled together from the research of a historian who recently died before publishing her seminal work. An Italian friar and sailing companion of explorer John Cabot erected the church during his second trip to the continent in 1498, according to the ... More About: Church , United States , Articles , North America
The Bible in Ten Seconds
2007-07-17 02:16:00 A new version of the Bible was launched at Canterbury Cathedral in September 2005 by its author the Rev Michael Hinton. The 100-Minute Bible includes all the familiar Old Testament stories and a narrative version of the four Gospels, concentrating on Jesus’ ministry. Rev Hinton claims it takes less than two hours to read. Is it possible ... More About: Religion , Articles , Opinion , Quotes
Vote For ?A Templar Knight?
2007-07-16 02:05:00 “A Temp lar Knight ”, the excelent blog edited by Fr+ “Jachin”, member of the Priory of England and Wales has been selected by the Blogger’s Choice Awards to run for the Best Blog in several categories. Please, visit the Blog at A Templar Knight. Here’s how “Jachin” describes himself: “Templar Knight was created in July of 2006 as a way for me, a forty ... More About: News , Opinion , Vote
Meditation
2007-07-15 02:21:00 ?When we raise ourselves through meditation to what unites us with the spirit, we quicken something within us that is eternal and unlimited by birth and death. Once we have experienced this eternal part in us, we can no longer doubt its existence. Meditation is thus the way to knowing and beholding the eternal, indestructible, ... More About: Spirituality , Opinion , English , Quotes
Spiritual Life
2007-07-14 02:13:00 “Spiritual life is like living water that springs up from the very depths of our own spiritual experience. In spiritual life everyone has to drink from his or her own well.”, St. Bernard of Clairvaux More About: Life , Spirituality , English , Quotes
Pisar a Estrela Que Dá Acesso ao Céu
2007-07-13 02:12:00 A porta de pedra giratória passa facilmente despercebida a qualquer olhar menos atento, disfarçada que está no meio de um aglomerado de pedras perdido entre a vegetação. Mas é ali, precisamente, mais que em qualquer outro local da Regaleira, que ganham vida os ideais dos mestres maçónicos e as demandas em nome da fé levadas ... More About: Articles , Portugal , Esso , PISA , Estrela
What is the Tridentine Mass?
More articles from this author:2007-07-12 02:52:00 The Tridentine Mass is the old form of Mass that was authorised for use throughout the Roman Catholic Church from 1570 until it was replaced following the second Vatican Council in the 1960s. The Tridentine Mass is also known as the ‘Old Mass according to the 1962 Missal’, and sometimes inaccurately called ‘The Latin Mass’. In a ... More About: Religion , Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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