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DAMASCUS/LATAKIA, Syria (Reuters) -Syrian Christians attended regular Sunday services for the first time since the dramatic overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad a week ago, in an early test of ...
The monarch was also shown different religious artefacts at the library, including an English translation of The Quran from 1734, a Talmud, which is nearly 500 years old and a Bible from 1808.
Today is Friday the 13th, an occurrence that happens only a couple of times a year. This is the second Friday the 13th of 2024, just two months after the last one in September. It also happens to ...
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Armed conflicts and attacks. Islamist insurgency in the Sahel. French military withdrawal from West Africa. French President Emmanuel Macron states that France was right to intervene militarily in the African Sahel against Islamist militants, and states that he is still waiting for the Sahel states to "thank" France while also denying that the French military was forced out of the region.
Christian feast day: Donnán of Eigg [43] Henry Heath [43] Kateri Tekakwitha [43] Robert of Molesme [43] Shemon bar Sabbae [43] April 17 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Evacuation Day (Syria), celebrates the recognition of the independence of Syria from France in 1946. FAO Day ; Flag Day (American Samoa) Malbec World Day; Women's Day
A Confraternity in Procession along Calle Génova, Seville by Alfred Dehodencq (1851). Holy Week in the liturgical year is the week immediately before Easter. The earliest allusion to the custom of marking this week as a whole with special observances is to be found in the Apostolical Constitutions (v. 18, 19), dating from the latter half of the 3rd century and 4th century.
Based on the story of the Last Supper of Jesus, 13 people were seated at the table and it happened on a Thursday. He was arrested that evening, and crucified the next day, on a Friday. "So 13 is ...