In the following article an account is given of Christianity as a religion, describing its origin, its relation to other religions, its essential nature and chief characteristics, but not dealing with its doctrines in detail nor its history as a visible organization. These and other aspects ...

( German Litauen ) An ancient grandy-duchy united with Poland in the fourteenth century. The Lithuanians belong to the Indo-Germanic family, of which they form with the Letts and the extinct Borussians (Old Prussians ) the Balto-Slavonic group. Within the Russian Empire they dwell ...

(Latin thronus, cathedra, sedes episcopalis ), the seat the bishop uses when not engaged at the altar. If the altar stands near the entrance to the choir, then, according to the 'Caeremoniale episcoporum', the throne is to be place at the apex of the apse in the centre of the ...

The daily readings are taken from the lectionary which divides much of the Bible into three years worth of readings. If you complete the daily readings each day for three years, you will read 15 percent of the Old Testament and 71 percent of the New Testament.

The daily readings are taken from the lectionary which divides much of the Bible into three years worth of readings. If you complete the daily readings each day for three years, you will read 15 percent of the Old Testament and 71 percent of the New Testament.

Click Here for St. Valentine Prayer's Saint Valentine, officially known as Saint Valentine of Rome, is a third-century Roman saint widely celebrated on February 14 and commonly associated with 'courtly love.' Although not much of St. Valentine's life is reliably known, and whether or not the ...

Queen of Poland and model of faith. She was the daughter of King Louis I of Hungray, ascending the throne at age thirteen. She married Jagiello of Lithuania only after he became a chirstan, and then actively promoted Christianity in Lithuania.