Aside from Easter, Christmas is perhaps Christianity’s most sacred date. As a celebration of Christ’s birth, the holiday is ...
Do England’s medieval graffiti drawings reveal a lingering devotion to paganism? As reported by the BBC, the four-year-old Lincolnshire medieval graffiti project has uncovered more than 28,000 ...
Across Europe, many medieval churches stand on land that was considered sacred long before Christianity arrived. At first ...
Easter arrives this year on Sunday, April 17, 2022, but if you think Easter started as a Christian holiday, think again. The history and origins of how Easter began aren't rooted in what Christians ...
As Christians conquered pagan lands, they regularly superimposed Christian symbols on pagan shrines. I thought of this when I read that the buildings of Chicago Theological Seminary have been sold to ...
Spring/April/the time of the equinox is the time of celebration of the ancient spring fertility festival honoring the goddess Eostre (Ostara, Oestera). This celebration, of pagan origin, pays tribute ...
Catacombs of Domitilla, Rome, Italy(Courtesy Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology) Deep in the heart of Rome’s largest catacombs, laser beams have unveiled stunning 1,600-year-old early ...
From Ishtar to Eostre, the roots of the resurrection story go deep. We should embrace the pagan symbolism of Easter Easter is a pagan festival. If Easter isn't really about Jesus, then what is it ...
You’re probably already familiar with Thor, Marvel Comics’ weird pagan analog to D.C. Comics’ alien-born super messiah, the Man of Steel. As portrayed by Chris Hemsworth in the Thor and Avengers ...