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Epiphany (called Timkat) in Gondar, Ethiopia. Ethiopians celebrate Epiphany on January 19. (Credit: Carl de Souza - AFP/Getty)
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“ A Catholic woman attends mass to celebrate Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent — a period of penitence for Christians before Easter — in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on February 18, 2015. [x]
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A Catholic woman attends mass to celebrate Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of Lent — a period of penitence for Christians before Easter — in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on February 18, 2015. [x]
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Rodrigo Duterte calls on the Church to allow priests boyfriends LMAOOOOO
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all of my photos accused of being porn were cleared except for this one. can’t a bodi gurl just have her titties out @staff
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I like how confident this message is, despite the shitshow the enforcement of the new community guidelines have been. Not “You may have…”, but “We know this is adult content, despite the fact that 90% of what gets marked as adult content by our automated tools isn’t adult content at all.”
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Greek Orthodox priests lead a procession through the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. (Credit: Chris McGrath - Getty)
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Easter at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. (Credit: Chris McGrath - Getty)
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Before each Christmas, in this small village in northern Romania, teenagers like Ema change the modern clothes to traditional outfits and join the local folkloric music group. They go into the surrounding towns to sing carols. It’s freezing cold, but their voices bring a lot of warmth.
I took this photo in 2014, but this lovely traditions are taking place every year. I feel privileged that I come from a place where there are still people connected with the good things from the past.
Merry Christmas!
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had some posts flagged as inappropriate and half of them were photos of babies
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im asked jesus himself and he told me that chewinge upon the christmas lightes & starting a catastrophic electrical fire is a very appropriote way to celebrate his birthday
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Syrian Christian town where Jesus’ language remains in use celebrates Christmas (VIDEO) -
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“Nestorian Christian Cross emblazoned with Swastika, dated 13th century and found in Inner Mongolia, Northwest China. The encircling bird motif may represent the soul. [692x486]
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Nestorian Christian Cross emblazoned with Swastika, dated 13th century and found in Inner Mongolia, Northwest China. The encircling bird motif may represent the soul. [692x486]
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A woman dressed as the Christkind in Engelskirchen, Germany. The Christkind was originally a Protestant alternative to St. Nicholas or Santa Claus. (Credit: Sascha Schuermann - Associated Press)
really weird, because the Christkind is tradition in southern German lands, czechia, slovakia and hungary. None of these are majority protestant
the Christkind became really popular in german catholic areas in the last 200 years. So german catholics generally started to include it in the festivities, celebrating christmas on the 24th like the protestants, while still celebrating St. Nicholas on the 6th like we always did. The prots in return secularized christmas further and replaced the Christkind with the basicially non-christian Weihnachtsmann. The czechs, slovaks and hungarians probably adopted the Christkind because of the austrian influence but I could be wrong here.
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