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Constantine I The Great

Name at birth: Flavius Valerius Aurelius ConstantinusConstantine I came to the throne when his father, Constantius, died in 306. After defeating his rivals, Constantine became the sole ruler of the…

V. Gene Robinson

Name at birth: Vicky Imogene RobinsonV. Gene Robinson is the first openly gay man ever consecrated as a bishop in the Anglican branch of Christianity. He was elected by the New Hampshire Diocese and…

US Gold Medal Hockey Teams: 1960

Forwards: Billy Christian, Roger Christian, Billy Cleary, Gene Grazia, Paul Johnson, Bob McVey, Dick Meredith, Weldy Olson, Dick Rodenheiser and Tom Williams. Defensemen: Bob Cleary, Jack…

Winter Holiday Roundup

Learn More About Major December Celebrations Advent: Variable, beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas.  The start of the Christmas season Hanukkah: Variable…

Belgium Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Belgium Index: Geography and People History Government and Political Conditions Economy U.S.-Belgian Relations GEOGRAPHY AND PEOPLEBelgium is located in…

Brewer's: Emne

Your emne Christen (Bosworth), i.e. your even or fellow Christian. Shakespeare (Hamlet, v. 1) has “your even Christian.” (Anglo-Saxon, Emne-cristen, fellow-Christian.) Source: Dictionary…

What You Might Not Know About May Day

by Shmuel Ross Related Links Spring Poems Holidays Haymarket Square Riot May 1st, often called May Day, just might have more holidays than any other day of the year. It's a…

The Devil's Dictionary: Homoeopathy

by Ambrose Bierce HOMOEOPATHISTHOMICIDEHOMOEOPATHY -n. A school of medicine midway between Allopathy and Christian Science. To the last both the others are distinctly inferior, for…

Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick is the Catholic saint who is celebrated each year on March 17th, which is called Saint Patrick's Day. He is revered by Christians for establishing the church in Ireland during the fifth…

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a Christian pastor and theologian, was executed for contributing to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and resisting Germany's Nazi regime in other ways. By age 30 he had…