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Antichrist
(Encyclopedia) AntichristAntichristănˈtĭkrīst [key], in Christian belief, a person who will represent on earth the powers of evil by opposing the Christ, glorifying himself, and causing many to leave…Avestan
(Encyclopedia) AvestanAvestanəvĕsˈtən [key], language belonging to the Iranian group of the Indo-Iranian subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages. One of the earliest forms of the Iranian…Major Religions of the World
Jerusalem is a holy city for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, whose adherents comprise >50% of the world's population.See Major Holidays for listings of religious holidays. The world's faithful…Magi
(Encyclopedia) MagiMagimāˈjī [key], priestly caste of ancient Persia. Probably Median in origin, they were, according to Herodotus, a tribe rather than a priestly family. Zoroaster is thought to have…Zoroaster
Zoroaster was a religious reformer of ancient Persia (now Iran) and the founder of the pre-Islamic religion of Zoroastrianism. Thought to have lived about 300 years before Alexander the Great,…Ardashir I
(Encyclopedia) Ardashir IArdashir Iärdäshērˈ [key] [another form of Artaxerxes], d. 240, king of Persia (226?–240). He overthrew the last Parthian king, Artabanus IV, entered Ctesiphon, and reunited…Parsis
(Encyclopedia) Parsis or ParseesParseesboth: pärˈsēz, pärsēzˈ [key], religious community of India, practicing Zoroastrianism. The Parsis (numbering about 75,000) are concentrated in Maharashtra and…sun worship
(Encyclopedia) sun worship. Deification and adoration of the sun occurred primarily in agrarian societies. When man became a farmer, and thus dependent upon daily and seasonal changes of weather, he…The Spring Equinox
Related Links Easter Features Spring Poetry The Calendar The Seasons Earth's Seasons: Video and Activities Equinox March 20 is a date that most of us recognize as…monotheism
(Encyclopedia) monotheismmonotheismmŏnˈəthēĭzəm [key] [Gr.,=belief in one God], in religion, a belief in one personal god. In practice, monotheistic religion tends to stress the existence of one…Trending
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