Some scholars seem to accept that the origin of Easter was derived in the Middle Ages from a pagan god of fertility which might explain to some extent the focus on eggs and bunnies. I prefer ...

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President Donald Trump smiled as Pastor Jentezen Franklin told him, “God assigned an angel” to save Trump from an assassin’s bullet, part of a speech at a White House Easter event.

According to the booklet, Easter began as a festival celebrating the arrival of spring and its name derives from that of the pagan spring goddess Eostre. While this may well be true, the booklet ...

David Pagan of North Haven has been arrested and charged with murder and first-degree assault, according to North Haven police. The deadly incident occurred just after 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 15, at ...

Is Easter a pagan holiday? One viewpoint is that Easter is rooted in the celebration of the fertility of a pagan goddess, Ishtar, who was from Babylonian times. This celebration of ancient fertility ...

“This Holy Week, Christians around the World remember the Crucifixion of God’s Only Begotten Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and, on Easter Sunday, we celebrate His Glorious ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Pope Francis on Monday placed Antoni Gaudí, the Catalan modernist once called “God’s architect” for his work on the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona’s ...

The Maccabean Revolt (167–160 BC) was fought by Jewish rebels, led by Judas Maccabeus, against the Seleucid ruler King Antiochus IV, who had desecrated the Temple by sacrificing to pagan gods ...

FAIRMONT — The Ryan Lane trial in the 2022 Pagan’s Motorcycle Club murder of Henry Silver went through a grueling three and half hour motion hearing Friday. The state accused Lane of being ...

Bede noted that in eighth-century England the month of April was called Eosturmonath, or Eostre Month, named after the goddess Eostre. He wrote that a pagan festival of spring in the name of the ...