Five Things You May Not Know About Palm Sunday
Today is Palm Sunday, a day that is always the week before Easter Sunday in the Christian Church. It is a representation of the day Jesus of Nazareth entered Jerusalem and is mentioned in all four Canonical Gospels of the Bible (Mark, Matthew, Luke and John). It is commonly celebrated with the distribution of palm fronds to the parishioners. Even though this is a widely celebrated event in the Christian religion, do you really know the reasoning behind it? Here are five facts about this holy day that you might not have known. Read more...
Five Places You Wouldn’t Expect To Find The Holy Grail
For centuries, people have been looking for the Holy Grail: the cup that collected the blood of Jesus Christ. King Arthur sent out all of his knights to find the Grail, the Knights Templar had a particular interest in finding the Grail, and Dan Brown made a gazillion dollars making up a story about the quest. No one has ever found this holy relic, although it still is a well-sought after cup. When you have this many people searching for the Holy Grail, there are going to be plenty of conspiracy theories of where it has finally come to rest. Here are five of those possible locations and why they might be relevant. Read more...
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