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... that Caedwalla of Wessex conquered southeast England during his brief 7th century reign? (2004-03-13)
... that the ember days were formerly set aside for fasting and prayer in the Christian liturgical calendar? (2004-03-22)
... that the term Apostolic Fathers refers to the generation between the Apostles and the Church Fathers? (2004-03-23)
... that Church House is the headquarters building for the Church of England? (2004-03-25)
... that Fanny Crosby wrote more than 8,000 hymns despite being totally blind? (2004-04-02)
... that Knecht Ruprecht, a figure in Germanic folklore, is often depicted as traveling with Santa Claus? (2004-04-10)
... that the Three-Self Patriotic Movement is part of the only government-sanctioned Protestant church in the People's Republic of China? (2004-05-05)
... that the Pascha greeting is an Easter custom amongst Orthodox Christians? (2004-05-13)
... that Kawaiahao Church is known as the Westminster Abbey of Hawaii? (2004-05-23)
... that devout Catholics believe in the Perpetual Virginity of Mary? (2004-06-14)
... that Daniel Ernst Jablonski in the 1690s tried to bring about a union between Lutheran and Calvinist Protestants? (2004-07-11)
... that, according to legend, one of the Holy Nails used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was incorporated into the Iron Crown of Lombardy? (2004-07-22)
... that holy cards are an important devotional practice for many Roman Catholics? (2004-08-03)
... that the Gospel of Philip was one of the many Gnostic writings found in 1946 in the Egyptian village of Nag Hammâdi? (2004-08-05)
... that Johannes Bugenhagen introduced the Protestant Reformation to Pomerania and Denmark in the 16th century? (2004-09-03)
... that Ethelbert of York's 8th century library was probably the largest book collection of its day outside of Rome? (2004-09-12)
... that the symbol of Fatima's hands, while widespread in Middle Eastern Islamic societies, is not officially condoned by Islam? (2004-09-22)
... that only fragments of the famous altar triptych by Geertgen tot Sint Jans could be saved after the siege of Haarlem of 1572-1573? (2004-10-01)
... that among those who do not believe John the Apostle was the author of the Johannine works of the Bible, John the Evangelist is the most commonly mentioned possible alternative author? (2004-10-11)
... that the Mi'kmaq people used a pictorial writing scheme? (2004-11-23)
... that the Christian flag was the idea of a superintendent of a U.S. Sunday school who gave a speech asking students what a flag representing Christianity would look like? (2004-12-13)
... that the 1643 Westminster Assembly was appointed by Parliament to restructure the Church of England and produced the Westminster Confession, which is the foundation of the Presbyterian Church? (2004-12-17)
... that in the Catalan region of Spain, a Caganer is often tucked away in some corner of a Christmas Nativity scene where he is not easily noticed, because he is defecating? (2004-12-20)
... that Mary Magdalene realized that Jesus had returned from the dead after his crucifixion in the Bible verse John 20:16? (2005-02-05)
... that the Nasrani Menorah is the symbol of the Knanaya community in South India, acknowledged as Christian Jews by the Vatican? (2005-03-06)
... that Anthony T. Rossi invented a process to pack pure chilled orange juice, and founded Tropicana Products in 1947? (2005-03-27)
... that Reverend John Chilembwe is celebrated as the first Malawian nationalist, and was a martyr for his cause? (2005-04-08)
... that the first witches persecuted by the Inquisition believed in Madonna Oriente, the Moon goddess? (2005-05-12)
... that Quantum praedecessores was a papal bull issued on 1 December 1145 by Pope Eugenius III, calling for a Second Crusade? (2005-05-18)
... that until it was looted in 1204 during the Fourth Crusade, the Church of the Holy Apostles was the busiest place of worship in Constantinople? (2005-05-20)
... that bishop William McKendree (1757–1835) earned the nickname "Father of Western Methodism" for his travels through his vast see of Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois? (2005-05-20)
... that Philip of Poitou, Bishop of Durham from 1197 to 1208, quarrelled so fiercely with his monks that he tried to burn them out of a church, and later excommunicated the entire chapter? (2005-06-14)
... that Samuel Green was jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin? (2005-06-14)
... that, after being defrocked as a Church of England priest, Harold Davidson became a seaside entertainer and was killed in 1937 by a lion when he trod on its tail? (2005-06-23)
... that Love Israel, a cult in northern Washington, filed for bankruptcy and then sold their commune to the Union for Reform Judaism to become their 13th summer camp? (2005-06-24)
... that Peter de Noronha was the first Indian to become an envoy of the Legion of Mary and was later knighted by Pope Paul VI? (2005-08-11)
... that the Indian Shaker Church is a Christian denomination founded by an American Indian in 1881 which incorporates Catholic, Protestant, and indigenous beliefs, but traditionally rejects the Bible and other written scriptures? (2005-08-19)
... that a Starets is a spiritual leader unique to the Russian Orthodox Church? (2005-08-29)
... that the Stavelot Triptych is a 12th century masterpiece of Mosan art created to display pieces of the True Cross? (2005-09-15)
... that Lancelot Blackburne was thought to have spent time in the Caribbean as a buccaneer as a young man, and lived openly with his mistress whilst Archbishop of York? (2005-09-26)
... that the Reverend Dr. James Blair of Scotland was a clergyman and missionary to the Virginia Colony, and is best known as the founder in 1693 of the College of William and Mary, where he served as President for 50 years? (2005-10-03)
... that Tom Edur gave up a professional ice hockey career at the age of 24 to study Christianity? (2005-10-27)
... that Peter Parker, the first Protestant medical missionary to China, introduced Western anesthesia in the form of sulphuric ether in 1835? (2005-11-06)
... that the Codex Calixtinus, a 12th-century illuminated manuscript, is prefaced by a forged letter purporting the manuscript to be the work of Pope Callixtus II? (2005-11-07)
... that American educator Septima Poinsette Clark, known as the "Grandmother of the Civil Rights Movement," worked for educational and civil rights for African-Americans decades before the rise of national awareness of inequality in the 1960s? (2005-11-11)
... that a Grand Illumination is an outdoor ceremony involving the simultaneous activation of electric Christmas lights and is derived from an English tradition of placing lighted candles in the windows of homes and public buildings to celebrate a special event? (2005-11-28)
... that Bangor Cathedral in North Wales was completed without a tower or spire because of a cracking foundation? (2005-11-30)
... that the parish church of James Parkinson, after whom Parkinson's disease is named, was St Leonard's, Shoreditch, a church just outside the City of London and most famous for being one of the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme "Oranges and Lemons"? (2005-11-30)
... that St Martin Orgar, a church in the City of London most famous as being one of the churches mentioned in the nursery rhyme Oranges and Lemons, was all but destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666? (2005-11-30)
... that Pastoral Care was a book written by Pope Gregory I around A.D. 590 to address the responsibilities of the clergy? (2005-12-04)
... that the Norwegian politician Kåre Kristiansen, a former minister and chairman of the Christian People's Party, resigned from the Norwegian Nobel Committee in protest over the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Yasser Arafat? (2005-12-07)
... that Jonas of Bobbio based his Life of St. Columbanus on the recollections of Benedictine monks who had known the Irish saint personally? (2005-12-09)
... that the Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc was inscribed on the World Heritage List as "one of the most exceptional examples of the apogee of Central European Baroque artistic expression"? (2005-12-21)
... that the Nativity Church at Putinki was the last pyramidal church constructed in Muscovite Russia? (2005-12-22)
... that Estela Ruiz claims to have seen and spoken with the Blessed Virgin Mary in South Phoenix, Arizona continually from 1988 to 1998? (2006-01-05)
... that the Marian column on which Our Lady stands on Piazza Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome originally supported the vault of the Basilica of Constantine at the Roman Forum and was the only one such column to survive the Basilica's destruction in an earthquake? (2006-01-05)
... that in Baroque Rome, when the Austrian-born artist-designer Johann Paul Schor was not collaborating with Bernini, he might be called on to design sculptural architecture to be executed in sugar at a banquet? (2006-01-18)
... that in the Vatican's Cortile del Belvedere Bramante created the first monumental formal garden design of the Renaissance? (2006-01-31)
... that the traditional Russian carnival of Maslenitsa lasts for a week and culminates in the burning of a straw effigy representing winter and all the left-over blintzes? (2006-02-09)
... that Weingarten Abbey, a Benedictine monastery near Ravensburg, Germany, which was founded in 1056, was once one of the richest monasteries in Southern Germany? (2006-02-10)
... that 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, site of the 1963 church bombing, was designed in 1911 by noted African American architect Wallace Rayfield? (2006-02-16)
... that three Byzantine emperors ended their lives as monks of the Studion, the largest monastery of Constantinople? (2006-02-28)
... that on January 8 1956, five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States were speared to death after attempting to reach the Huaorani people of Ecuador in "Operation Auca"? (2006-02-28)
... that the Church of St. Elisabeth in Marburg was one of the earliest purely Gothic structures in Central Europe and served as the model for the Cologne Cathedral? (2006-02-28)
... that Anna of Kashin, a Russian medieval princess, was twice canonized as a holy protectress of women who suffer the loss of relatives? (2006-03-07)
... that Blanton C. Winship, a veteran of Spanish-American War and World War I survived an assassination attempt while he was Governor of Puerto Rico in 1938? (2006-03-08)
... that the Afghan Church in Mumbai was built to commemorate the dead of the First Afghan War of 1838? (2006-03-13)
... that the Nigerian Baptist Convention is the third largest Baptist convention of the Baptist world? (2006-04-05)
... that Marguerite Porete, author of the mystical text The Mirror of Simple Souls, was burnt at the stake for heresy in 1310? (2006-04-06)
... that a cross was found amidst the debris of the September 11, 2001 attacks? (2006-04-06)
... that the Trinity Church is a permanent building in Antarctica and the most southern church in the world? (2006-04-13)
... that the choir of Stavropoleos Church, an Eastern Orthodox church in central Bucharest, Romania, sings (neo-)Byzantine music, now a rare occurrence for churches in Romania? (2006-04-17)
... that the Bogomil bishop Nicetas went to Lombardy in order to throw doubts on the Cathars's spiritual succession to the Apostles? (2006-04-20)
... that the Capitoline Wolf, the icon of the founding of Rome, is actually an Etruscan bronze statue depicting a she-wolf suckling the infant twins Romulus and Remus? (2006-04-30)
... that the seal of Baruch ben Neriah, a legendary 6th century BCE scribe and disciple of the Biblical prophet Jeremiah, was found imprinted on two clay bullae excavated in 1975 and 1996? (2006-05-22)
... that Harvard's prestigious annual Dudleian lectures, endowed in 1750 for denouncing the supposed errors of Catholicism, were held by the Catholic Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini in 1998? (2006-05-23)
... that the highest distinction among the Caloyers, a Greek monastic order, involves spending one's entire life alone, confined in a cave on top of a mountain? (2006-05-31)
... that in order to subdue the heresy of Imiaslavie, the Russian Empire sent two transport ships and a gunboat to Mount Athos in Greece, and stormed the St. Panteleymon Monastery? (2006-05-31)
... that the Crusade cycle is an Old French cycle of chansons de geste concerning the First Crusade and its aftermath? (2006-06-01)
... that Gabriel Fauré declared that his Requiem was "composed for nothing...for fun, if I may be permitted to say so"? (2006-06-02)
... that the Caroline Books were a harsh argument against the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, commissioned by Charlemagne and sent to Pope Adrian I? (2006-06-03)
... that missionary Roger Youderian almost returned to the United States one month before he was killed in Operation Auca? (2006-06-05)
... that the Magdeburg Centuries is a 1300-year history of the Catholic Church, written particularly as a criticism of the papacy? (2006-06-06)
... that the Grand Chartophylax was considered the right arm of the Patriarch of Constantinople? (2006-06-07)
... that Reverend William Mitchell was an Anglican missionary who was the first ordained person to provide religious services in the Swan Valley area of the Swan River Colony in 1838? (2006-06-09)
... that the Christian sect of Collegiants was formed in 1619 to defy the Synod of Dort, which had forced Holland to dismiss liberal ministers? (2006-06-14)
... that Epiphanius's most important work, the Panarion, is ironically the only surviving source of information on several early Christian sects that he sought to eliminate with his writing? (2006-06-16)
... that Ann Hasseltine Judson was the first Protestant to translate a scripture into Siamese, and legitimized the missionary calling for Christian women? (2006-06-22)
... that May crowning is a traditional Roman Catholic ritual in which the image of the Blessed Virgin Mary is ceremonially crowned to signify her as Queen of Heaven and Mother of God? (2006-06-26)
... that Onesimos Nesib, who translated the Bible into Oromo language, was accused of blasphemy because he delivered his sermons in his native language and not Amharic, and the local Ethiopian Orthodox priests could not understand? (2006-07-16)
... that Christopher Maude Chavasse was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a Bishop of Rochester, and an Olympic athlete? (2006-07-25)
... that Bénilde Romançon's superiors at the Christian Brothers' novitiate were reluctant to take him in because he was short of stature? (2006-08-10)
... that the controversy over the portrayals of Mormons in popular media includes Arthur Conan Doyle's very first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet? (2006-08-13)
Noravank (article's talk page missing blurb) (2006-08-18)
... that even though Kaaterskill High Peak (pictured) was the first Catskill High Peak to be climbed, there is no official trail to its summit? (2006-08-22)
... that the reconstruction of Kecharis Monastery (pictured) in Armenia was delayed a decade due to an earthquake, war, blockade, and the collapse of the USSR? (2006-08-25)
... that five months before his death, William Edington was offered the post of Archbishop of Canterbury, but turned it down? (2006-09-04)
... that developmental biologist PZ Myers, who writes about evolution, cephalopods, politics, and atheism, is the top-ranked science blogger according to the journal Nature? (2006-09-06)
... that several years prior to the downfall and execution of the Romanov dynasty, the image of God's Mother disappeared from their patron Fyodorovskaya icon (pictured)? (2006-09-08)
... that the original stained glass windows of the Saint George's Church (pictured) in Singapore were packed away for safekeeping before the Japanese Occupation of Singapore but have never been found since? (2006-09-13)
... that in the medieval Greek monastery of Hosios Loukas (pictured) infirm pilgrims were encouraged to sleep by the side of the local saint's tomb in order to be healed by incubation? (2006-09-22)
... that a co-founder of the Slavophile movement, Ivan Kireevsky, turned for wisdom to the elders of the Optina Monastery, rather than to Western philosophers? (2006-10-05)
... that when Krishna Mohan Banerjee, a member of the famous Young Bengal group in Kolkata, in British India, converted to Christianity in 1832, he lost his job in David Hare’s school? (2006-10-09)
... that the Golden Madonna of Essen (pictured) is the oldest preserved sculpture of the Virgin Mary? (2006-10-11)
... that the famous Russian orientalist of Azeri origin, Muhammad Ali Kazim-bey, was converted to Christianity by Scottish Presbyterian missionaries in 1821? (2006-10-17)
... that Daumantas of Pskov, a Lithuanian dynast involved in the assassination of the first Lithuanian king, was later canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church and became a patron saint of Pskov? (2006-10-23)
... that the Alba Bible, one of the earliest translations of the Old Testament into a Romance language, was commissioned with the express intent of promoting tolerance between Christians and Jews? (2006-10-27)
... that Nestorianism was one of the first forms of Christianity to be introduced in Mongolia? (2006-11-04)
... that the money for the construction of the Washington Memorial Chapel (pictured) at Valley Forge was raised in small increments (nickels and dimes), raising the building a few feet at a time? (2006-11-04)
... that The Very Rev. Dr. Finlay A. J. Macdonald saw his calling as being "a lawyer for God" instead of a lawyer for man while studying philosophy? (2006-11-08)
... that the Dutch Reformed Church (pictured), a Greek Revival building in Newburgh, New York that has been declared a National Historic Landmark, is considered the latest extant work of architect Alexander Jackson Davis that still largely reflects his original vision? (2006-11-09)
... that the clocks on the Great Lavra Belltower (pictured) have only stopped once during their existence, when the nearby Dormition Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra was blown up during the Second World War? (2006-11-16)
... that the fiscus Iudaicus was a tax imposed on all Jewish subjects of the Roman Empire after the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem, the proceeds of which were used to fund a temple of Jupiter in Rome? (2006-11-18)
... that the medieval Armenian sect of Tondrakians denied the immortality of the soul, the afterlife, the church and its feudal rights? (2006-11-18)
... that the vestry of Makaravank Monastery (pictured) in Armenia served two adjacent churches? (2006-11-27)
... that the Korpela movement was a short-lived cult during the 1930s in Northern Sweden and Finland whose controversial sexual rituals eventually led to the arrest of 60 followers? (2006-11-28)
... that Canadian microbiologist John Dick was the first to isolate and identify a cancer stem cell? (2006-11-30)
... that despite holding the graves of Rudolf Nureyev, Andrei Tarkovsky and Ivan Bunin, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery is not officially recognized as a landmark? (2006-12-03)
... that former Congolese general Laurent Nkunda was a psychology student before helping Laurent-Désiré Kabila to overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko? (2006-12-04)
... that Mary Jones walked 25 miles across the Welsh countryside to buy a copy of the Bible, unintentionally inspiring the creation of the British and Foreign Bible Society? (2006-12-04)
... that Clement, Bishop of Dunblane, (pictured) was the first Dominican friar to obtain a bishopric in the British Isles? (2006-12-06)
... that Dr. Matthew Lukwiya convinced nurses who refused to treat patients during an 2000 Ebola outbreak in northern Uganda to return to work? (2006-12-08)
... that owing to a fictitious 13th century account, St. Gratus of Aosta (pictured) is typically depicted carrying the head of John the Baptist? (2006-12-09)
... that a swinging column at Haghartsin Monastery in Armenia was used to hide riches? (2006-12-09)
... that girdle books were popular fashion items between the 13th and 16th centuries? (2006-12-13)
... that Vix Pervenit, an encyclical promulgated by Pope Benedict XIV (pictured) in 1745, condemned the charging of interest on loans as "illicit and usurious"? (2006-12-17)
... that one of the finest khachkar memorial stones is located at Goshavank Monastery in Armenia, the place where the law of Armenia was first codified by Mkhitar Gosh in the late 12th and early 13th century? (2006-12-18)
... that Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell and Adelaide Anne Procter each wrote a chapter of the short story "A House to Let"? (2006-12-20)
... that the cope given to the Rt. Revd. David Urquhart upon his inauguration as the ninth Bishop of Birmingham in November 2006 featured the emblems of Aston Villa and Birmingham City, the two most prominent football teams of the city? (2006-12-23)
... that the See of Sardis, an episcopal see once held by Melito, continued to be held by titular archbishops for centuries after the Ottoman Turks conquered Sardis? (2006-12-26)
... that during the reign of the English Commonwealth, worshippers at St. Stephen Coleman Street seeking Communion had to first be approved by a committee partly staffed by signatories of Charles I's death warrant? (2006-12-29)
... that Josef Frings, Archbishop of Cologne, was observed by the Gestapo during World War II? (2007-01-03)
... that the Louvre describes Virgin and Child from the Sainte-Chapelle as the most beautiful ronde-bosse ivory carving ever made? (2007-01-03)
... that the 17th century Puritan physician Alexander Leighton incurred the wrath of King Charles I for publishing a pamphlet denouncing bishops, and was sentenced by his Star Chamber to public whipping, branding, and having his ears cut off? (2007-01-09)
... that the 1939 planned encyclical of Pope Pius XI, Humani Generis Unitas, which condemned racism and persecution of Jews, became known as "The Hidden Encyclical" or "The Lost Encyclical," because it was never promulgated? (2007-01-09)
... that during the 1933 Simele massacre nearly 3,000 people were killed and more than 63 Assyrian villages were destroyed? (2007-01-11)
... that St. Cyril's Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine was closed by the Tsarist Government and its living quarters were converted into a hospital and later an insane asylum, which lasted until the mid-late 20th century? (2007-01-11)
... that the Ajacan Mission, a failed attempt by Spanish Jesuit priests to bring Christianity to the Native Americans of the Virginia Peninsula, predated the establishment of Jamestown by about 36 years? (2007-01-20)
... that Old St Paul's Cathedral (pictured) in the City of London, destroyed in the 1666 Great Fire of London, had one of the tallest spires in the world? (2007-02-02)
... that Lauren Nelson, newly crowned Miss America 2007, is the second consecutive winner from Oklahoma? (2007-02-05)
... that Squad Five-O grew from an indie band and eventually signed to the general market label Capitol Records before disbanding in 2006? (2007-02-13)
... that the statue of the Virgin and Child in the porch of the University Church of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford was cited as evidence in Archbishop Laud's execution trial, and has bullet holes made by Oliver Cromwell's troops? (2007-02-13)
... that 16th-century Genevan reformer John Calvin held Bible studies in the Calvin Auditory? (2007-02-14)
... that Dallas Theological Seminary, a center of dispensational Christian theology and alma mater for people including Chuck Swindoll and Hal Lindsey, has been in operation since 1924? (2007-02-18)
... that Charles Grant of the British East India Company wanted it to promote Christianity as well as trade in India? (2007-02-20)
... that the view that Jesus and John were lovers, considered a blasphemy, evolved during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries? (2007-02-20)
... that according to the framework interpretation of Genesis Chapter One, the first three days of creation are poetically reflected in the last three days of creation? (2007-02-22)
... that, after 34 years as Roman Catholic abbot of Coupar Angus, Donald Campbell converted to Protestantism in 1559, and destroyed the icons and altars of his monastery in Scotland? (2007-02-23)
... that Anne-Marie Javouhey, the founder and abbess of a new religious order, was one of the first women to establish missions in Africa? (2007-02-25)
... that Henry le Chen was put in control of a sheriffdom by King Edward I, despite being a senior royal councillor during the reign of King John, whom Edward deposed? (2007-02-25)
... that in constructing the Via della Conciliazione (pictured), Benito Mussolini ordered the demolition of an entire Roman neighborhood, and the forcible eviction of its residents to settlements outside the city? (2007-02-25)
... that the Evangelist portraits of early medieval Gospel Books used compositions taken from the pagan author portraits of the Late Classical period? (2007-02-26)
... that when John Horden sent his Cree-language translation of the Bible back to England, the printers returned it with a printing press but no instructions on how to operate it? (2007-02-27)
... that according to legend, Joseph Stalin remained in Moscow during World War II partly due to a prophecy from Matryona Nikonova, who he covertly visited while she was hiding from his government? (2007-02-27)
... that the official recognition of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Transylvania in the late 18th century was the result of the activity of an Orthodox monk who was canonized two centuries later as Saint Sofronie of Cioara? (2007-02-28)
... that the 22 Bodmer Papyri from a fifth-century Egyptian monastic library near Nag Hammadi contain three plays by Menander and fragments of the Iliad, as well as early versions of the Gospel of Luke and Gospel of John? (2007-03-01)
... that Albinus of Angers, who as bishop reportedly used diocesan funds to ransom people captured by pirates, thereafter became the patron saint against pirate attack and of coastal communities as far away as Poland and New Jersey? (2007-03-04)
... that Amaro spent three hundred years standing at the gate of the Earthly Paradise without being allowed in, according to the Life of Saint Amaro? (2007-03-04)
... that the Grade I-listed St. Bartholomew's Church, Brighton, England, was described as a "monster excrescence", "a cheese warehouse" and a "brick parallelogram" by some of its detractors at a heated Council meeting in 1893? (2007-03-04)
... that since 1978, countries including Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, and the United States have compiled government reports on groups referred to as cults? (2007-03-10)
... that the Fenari Isa Mosque (pictured) in Istanbul represents one of the first examples of edifices with a quincuncial plan in Byzantine architecture? (2007-03-17)
... that the gravestone of Abraham von Franckenberg, a 17th century mystic, is covered with as yet undeciphered mystical symbols? (2007-03-18)
... that tradition indicates Nicasius of Rheims completed saying his prayer at his execution after he had been beheaded? (2007-03-19)
... that Peter Knowles, a popular English football player, voluntarily ended his football career at the age of 24, after becoming a Jehovah's Witness? (2007-03-20)
... that the Roman Catholic Church objected to the English translations in the Tyndale Bible, believing them to be purposeful mistranslations to promote anticlericalism and heretical views? (2007-03-23)
... that traveling evangelist Tom Short (pictured) once matched wits with the Cult Awareness Network? (2007-03-25)
... that shortly after Jonah of Manchuria died in 1925, he is said to have appeared in a dream before a crippled boy saying "Here, take my legs. I don't need them anymore," and the boy woke up completely healed? (2007-03-30)
... that the 800,000-member Global Pastors Network continues the legacy of Bill Bright by attempting to, in their own words, "win 1 billion people to Christ"? (2007-04-04)
... that Alexander of Bergamo is thought to have survived the decimation of the Theban Legion for their conversion to Christianity only to be individually beheaded later for the same reason? (2007-04-05)
... that Bishop Barbatus of Benevento is thought to have helped the city's resistance to Byzantine Emperor Constans II by destroying a Temple of Isis in the city, reusing the materials in building the city wall? (2007-04-05)
... that an apparition of Saint Michael is said to have convinced Antoninus of Sorrento and Catellus of Castellammare to found a new church after both resigned from the same bishopric? (2007-04-07)
... that The Wordless Book was invented by the London Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon and employs religious symbolism and color psychology in evangelism? (2007-04-09)
... that it is unclear whether the Church of St Abamūn in 13th century Busiris was dedicated to Abāmūn of Tarnūt or Abāmūn of Tukh? (2007-04-11)
... that All Saints' Church in Daresbury, Cheshire has stained glass panels (pictured) depicting characters from Alice in Wonderland? (2007-04-12)
... that, until Johannes Rebmann saw snow on Kilimanjaro in 1848, most Europeans thought it could not exist in Africa? (2007-04-15)
... that the cities of Viterbo and Narni fought a two-year battle over where the popular nun Lucia Brocadelli of Narni would reside? (2007-04-17)
... that the history of the Lutheran Church in Malaysia and Singapore dates back to the arrival of Lutheran Hakka refugees following the Taiping Rebellion in China? (2007-04-17)
... that Dominican Anthony Neyrot renounced Christianity after being captured by Moorish pirates, but publicly reconverted and was stoned to death at Tunis? (2007-04-18)
... that the South Seas Evangelical Church, the third-largest religious affiliation in the Solomon Islands, traces its history to a mission for Kanakas in Queensland, Australia? (2007-04-22)
... that St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford (pictured) was closely associated with the early Oxford Movement? (2007-04-22)
... that Very Light Jet entrepreneur Jim McCotter founded a religious movement? (2007-04-25)
... that according to legend, when a peasant stole a donkey from Opportuna of Montreuil's abbey, she "left the matter up to God," and the next day, the peasant's field was sown with salt? (2007-04-25)
... that the villagers of Kotor referred to Dominican visionary and anchoress Osanna of Cattaro as "the trumpet of the Holy Spirit" and the "teacher of mysticism"? (2007-04-25)
... that one of the liturgies of the Antiochian Western Rite Vicariate, a part of Western Rite Orthodoxy, is a modified form of the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer? (2007-04-25)
... that the Lutheran Church of China was created from the union of no less than 25 separate Lutheran missionary agencies? (2007-04-29)
... that until the discovery of the Library of Nag Hammadi in 1945, the 2nd century CE work Against Heresies was the best surviving description of Gnosticism? (2007-05-01)
... that the Cross in the Woods shrine (pictured) in Michigan contains the United States' largest collection of figurative dolls dressed as nuns? (2007-05-04)
... that the Romanian Skete Prodromos on Mount Athos shelters an icon of Theotokos considered in the Eastern Orthodox world to have been miraculously painted? (2007-05-08)
... that the Calvinist philosopher and New Testament scholar Vern Poythress argues that mathematics is the rhyme of the universe? (2007-05-09)
... that Elias Zoghby, a Melkite Catholic archbishop, attempted to re-establish communion between the Melkite Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church while maintaining communion with the Roman Catholic Church? (2007-05-10)
... that Beatus of Lungern, a first century Christian missionary to Switzerland, is often depicted as a monk fighting a dragon? (2007-05-11)
... that Lewis Sperry Chafer was a budding musician at Oberlin College but became a leader in the dispensationalist movement and founded Dallas Theological Seminary? (2007-05-11)
... that in one type of Anglo-Saxon trial, the accused tried to prove innocence by swallowing a piece of bread and cheese, called "corsned", without choking? (2007-05-12)
... that the Christianization of Lithuania (pictured) was completed in 1413 when Samogitia, the last pagan nation in Europe, was converted? (2007-05-17)
... that Clemente Micara was the Vatican’s first envoy to Czechoslovakia? (2007-05-17)
... that the non-fiction book The Challenge of the Cults and New Religions analyzes cults from an evangelical Christian perspective? (2007-05-23)
... that the mosque of Kalenderhane (pictured) in Istanbul contained the most ancient cycle of frescoes portraying Saint Francis of Assisi still extant? (2007-05-27)
... that the St. Philomena's Church (pictured) in the city of Mysore in India was built in Neo-Gothic style drawing inspiration from the Cologne Cathedral in Germany? (2007-05-28)
... that Anthelm of Belley left his post as bishop of Belley in protest at the lifting of the excommunication of a count who had held one priest captive and murdered a second? (2007-05-29)
... that Anthony of Kiev left his Monastery of the Caves when it gained 12 members because he felt it was crowded? (2007-05-29)
... that the medieval Greek mystic Gregory Palamas successfully defended his doctrine of Tabor Light through three synods of the Orthodox Church? (2007-05-30)
... that John Campanius, an early Lutheran missionary to Delaware, transliterated the Lenape language and created one of the first documents to be written in a Native American language? (2007-06-05)
... that Paul Henkel, operating out of his son's printing house, became the first and only Lutheran publisher in the United States for years? (2007-06-05)
... that the Kirchberg convent (pictured), built in 1237, is one of the oldest female church houses in central Europe? (2007-06-07)
... that the Wallachian poet Ion Heliade Rădulescu (pictured) advocated a radical transformation of the Romanian language on the basis of Italian neologisms? (2007-06-08)
... that Mammes of Caesarea is said to have been breast-fed by his father? (2007-06-08)
... that Shakespeare's religion is speculated by many scholars to have been Catholic? (2007-06-10)
... that Abraham of Farshut founded a new Monophysite monastery at Farshut after the monks of his old monastery at Pbow almost all accepted the decision of the Council of Chalcedon? (2007-06-14)
... that the Mosque of Bodrum (pictured) in Istanbul represents the first example of a private burial church of a Byzantine Emperor? (2007-06-15)
... that Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull promulgated by Innocent VIII in 1484, was re-published as the preface to Malleus Maleficarum? (2007-06-15)
... that the Lutheran liturgical calendar includes several biblical personages as “Saint” though it is commonly believed that Lutherans “do not have saints”? (2007-06-19)
... that African American Methodist preacher and missionary John Marrant undertook a mission to the Cherokee while he was a teenager? (2007-06-21)
... that capital punishment in the Vatican City was legal (but not carried out) between 1929 and 1969? (2007-06-22)
... that St Andrews Church (pictured) in Chew Stoke, Somerset, England, includes 156 statues of angels? (2007-06-22)
... that ten of the twenty-three Cardinal electors in the 1492 papal conclave—which elected Rodrigo Borja as Pope Alexander VI —were nephews of the popes that elevated them? (2007-06-24)
... that Dum Diversas, promulgated by Pope Nicholas V in 1452, authorized Afonso V of Portugal to enslave indefinitely Saracens, pagans, and other "enemies of Christ"? (2007-06-24)
... that Papyrus 45 may have been one of the earliest manuscripts to collect more than one New Testament genre into a single codex? (2007-06-24)
... that the Friends Meeting House (pictured) is the only remaining structure in the ghost town of Benjaminville, Illinois? (2007-06-26)
... that despite being a key building of middle byzantine Architecture, the mosque of Eski Imaret (pictured) is still one among the least studied monuments of Istanbul? (2007-06-28)
... that Introitus et Exitus, a financial record of the Apostolic Camera from 1279 to 1524, has been used to authenticate the provenance of artworks and study past European exchange and interest rates? (2007-06-28)
... that the recently beatified Paul Joseph Nardini died of pulmonary typhus he contracted when giving the last rites to a member of his parish? (2007-06-29)
... that King George III was overjoyed at the destruction caused to the home of Joseph Priestley during the Birmingham Riots (pictured) in 1791? (2007-06-29)
... that a portion of the Palatine Library returned to Heidelberg in 1816, almost two centuries after it was looted from city by the Catholic League? (2007-07-01)
... that St. Mary's Collegiate Church (pictured) is the longest church in Scotland at 62.8 m? (2007-07-02)
... that during the annual romeria from the Guadalajara Cathedral to the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, the statue of Our Lady of Expectation is accompanied by more than 3,000,000 people? (2007-07-03)
... that the bestselling children's book The History of the Fairchild Family by Mary Martha Sherwood inspired the character of Pip in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations? (2007-07-04)
... that the Speculum Humanae Salvationis (Mirror of Human Salvation) (one page pictured) was one of the most popular illustrated books of the Middle Ages? (2007-07-05)
... that In Nomine Domini, promulgated by Pope Nicholas II in 1059, established cardinal-bishops as the sole electors of the pope? (2007-07-07)
... that Laurence Mancuso was the founding abbot of the Eastern Orthodox monastic community of New Skete (pictured), which is known for its dog training? (2007-07-07)
... that the 1646 Union of Uzhhorod was brokered by the Basilian monastic order on the model of the earlier Union of Brest? (2007-07-10)
... that Rabanus Maurus's attribution of the Liber Pontificalis to Saint Jerome was the prevailing view throughout the Middle Ages? (2007-07-11)
... that the Pennsylvania Ministerium was the first Lutheran church body in North America? (2007-07-11)
... that in the Islamic tradition, Bahira (pictured) was a Christian monk who foretold to the adolescent Muhammad his future prophetic career? (2007-07-12)
... that Istanbul's Vefa Kilise Mosque (pictured) is an example of a Byzantine church since converted into an Ottoman mosque? (2007-07-13)
... that the first Baptist baptism in Ukraine took place in 1864 on the river Inhul of today's Kirovohrad Oblast? (2007-07-15)
... that English missionary Andrew White, the "Apostle of Maryland", celebrated the first Catholic mass in the original Thirteen Colonies on March 25, 1634 on St. Clement's Island? (2007-07-16)
... that Josephus's Discourse to the Greeks concerning Hades is actually the work of Hippolytus of Rome, but was considered Josephus's by his translator William Whiston? (2007-07-18)
... that the known writings of Caius, Presbyter of Rome exist only in fragments, many of which were preserved in the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea? (2007-07-19)
... that the Mosque of Kefeli in Istanbul was used jointly as a church by Roman Catholic and Armenian believers before becoming a mosque? (2007-07-20)
... that St Peter's Church, Plemstall in Cheshire, England, is built on the site of a hermitage occupied by Plegmund who was later the Archbishop of Canterbury? (2007-07-20)
... that the Baptist Foundation of Arizona (BFA) filed for the largest bankruptcy of a religious organization in U.S. history after its 600 million dollar fraud went undetected by the same Big Five firm that audited Enron? (2007-07-25)
... that Byzantium under the Komnenoi was the Medieval continuation of the Roman Empire, and played a key role in the history of the Crusades in the Holy Land? (2007-07-25)
... that a Cossack community existed in Beijing as early as 1685? (2007-07-26)
... that Anonymous Christian is Karl Rahner's controversial theological premise used to postulate that people can be saved through Christ even if they explicitly reject Christianity? (2007-07-26)
... that the Calendar of saints of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa includes feasts for a number of individuals from Africa, including Bernard Mizeki, Robert Gray, Manche Masemola, and Charles Frederick Mackenzie? (2007-07-28)
... that William Gaskell, husband of the well-known Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, was a pioneer in the education of the working classes? (2007-07-28)
... that St James' and St Paul's Church, Marton (pictured) in Cheshire, England, is one of the oldest timber-framed churches in Europe? (2007-08-03)
... that Psalm 83 is cited by the Jehovah's Witnesses as a proof of Jehovah being God's personal name? (2007-08-04)
... that the Yangzhou riot of 1868 almost led to a Sino-British war because many Chinese believed that English missionaries were stealing children? (2007-08-06)
... that Archbishop Gennady of Novgorod commissioned the first complete Slavic translation of the Bible? (2007-08-07)
... that Catholic bishop and Visigothic political leader Masona built the first hospital in Spain and endowed it with farms to provide its patients with food? (2007-08-07)
... that Timothy Christian School was forced to move from Cicero, Illinois to enroll African American students? (2007-08-09)
... that Patriarch Alexander II of Alexandria died trying to escape from the Umayyad government after having been brought before it for refusing to have a lion branded on his hand? (2007-08-11)
... that Anastasius of Alexandria, despite being forbidden to enter the city of Alexandria, helped arrange for the unification of the Coptic Church and the Church of Antioch? (2007-08-11)
... that Holy Cross was the first Roman Catholic church built in Boston? (2007-08-15)
... that Russians were the largest European community in pre-WWII Shanghai, leaving behind them a Beaux-Arts consulate building (pictured), an Orthodox cathedral, and a statue of Alexander Pushkin? (2007-08-15)
... that Salvation Army officer Sir Arthur McIlveen was known for playing a phonograph in the battlefields of World War II, and was the unofficial padre to many brigades? (2007-08-17)
... that under Archbishop Alwyn Rice Jones, the Church of Wales reformed its rules to permit the ordination of women priests and to allow divorcees to remarry in church? (2007-08-19)
... that in 1945, Congregationalist minister Geoffrey Nuttall became only the second nonconformist theologian to become a Doctor of Divinity at Oxford? (2007-08-21)
... that St. Mary's Basilica is the oldest church in Bangalore and the only basilica in the Indian state of Karnataka? (2007-08-21)
... that German leaders of the World Confederation of Labour were sentenced to Nazi concentration camps in the 1930s for their political opposition to the growth of authoritarian governments in Europe? (2007-08-24)
... that after spending seven years traveling across the Saskatchewan District, Rev. Robert Rundle was allowed to establish a mission in 1847, only to be forced to leave a year later due to health issues? (2007-08-26)
... that members of Sub-Carpathian Reformed Church were persecuted by communists in the Soviet Union and were sent to Gulag labour camps in Siberia? (2007-08-26)
... that the dialogue Julius Excluded from Heaven, credited to Desiderius Erasmus, involves Pope Julius II trying to convince Peter to allow him into heaven by threats of armed force and excommunication? (2007-08-27)
... that Presbyterian minister Robert Jefferson Breckinridge is known as the father of the public school system in Kentucky? (2007-09-03)
... that the Wendish Crusade of 1147 was a largely unsuccessful campaign of Saxons and Danes against the Polabian Slavs concurrent to the Second Crusade? (2007-09-03)
... that Coptic architectural monuments in Christian Cairo include the Hanging Church, one of the oldest in Egypt? (2007-09-05)
... that Germany is the European leader in Christmas tree production? (2007-09-14)
... that Theodosios (Hanna) of Sebastia is the second Palestinian Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem? (2007-09-18)
... that every Byzantine Emperor under the Angeloi dynasty was overthrown in a violent coup d'état? (2007-09-20)
... that of the nine children born of Martina, Heraclius' wife and niece, four died in infancy, one had a twisted neck and another was deaf & dumb? (2007-09-20)
... that the cathedral in Haapsalu Castle (pictured) is the biggest single-naved church in the Baltic countries? (2007-09-21)
... that South African anti-conscription activist Nan Cross once climbed a tank at a weapons exhibition and attached stickers to it reading: "Arms are for hugging, not killing"? (2007-09-23)
... that Henri II's Edict of Châteaubriant (1551) assigned the regulation of the French press to the Faculty of Theology of the University of Paris? (2007-09-27)
... that Polish bishop of Płock Antoni Julian Nowowiejski, murdered by German Nazis in Soldau concentration camp, became one of the 108 Martyrs of World War Two? (2007-09-30)
... that St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church (pictured) in Seattle was designed by Paul Thiry, one of the principal architects of the Century 21 Exposition (1962 World's Fair), shortly after part of the land for the Exposition was purchased from that same parish? (2007-09-30)
... that the Orthodox Church of France is a Western Rite Orthodox church that uses a restored Gallican liturgy known as the Divine Liturgy of Saint Germain? (2007-10-02)
... that Julius Joseph Overbeck was unable to be received into the Orthodox Church as a priest for his Western Rite project because he had married after his ordination as a Roman Catholic priest? (2007-10-04)
... that Charles B. Thompson, who had converted to Mormonism in 1835, later claimed to be the reincarnation of the biblical figure Ephraim and established a communitarian commune with his followers in Iowa? (2007-10-07)
... that Church of Scotland clergyman William Couper protested against the introduction of episcopacy in 1606, but became Bishop of Galloway four years later? (2007-10-07)
... that R. C. Evans, an apostle in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, became the leader of a schismatic sect in 1918 after concluding that Joseph Smith, Jr. was a false prophet? (2007-10-09)
... that the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health (pictured) is one of the most frequented religious sites in India, drawing nearly 2 million pilgrims annually? (2007-10-10)
... that in his book James the Brother of Jesus, Robert Eisenman contends that the Twelve Apostles were in fact an artificially expanded replacement of the factual smaller circle of the brothers of Jesus? (2007-10-10)
... that the 13th century Prussian Crusade commanded by Hermann Balk led to the conquest and gradual Christianization of the Old Prussians by the Teutonic Knights? (2007-10-10)
... that St. Trudpert's Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Münstertal in the southern Black Forest, was plundered during the Peasants' War and destroyed by the Swedes during the Thirty Years' War? (2007-10-11)
... that Quentin L. Cook is the latest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles? (2007-10-12)
... that itinerant minister Adam Payne was decapitated by a band of Potawatomi during the 1832 Black Hawk War? (2007-10-15)
... that George J. Adams led an ill-fated effort to establish a U.S. colony in Palestine? (2007-10-16)
... that St Lawrence's Church, a listed building in Stoak, Cheshire, England, has a Tudor hammerbeam roof, a Jacobean altar, a Georgian pulpit, an Elizabethan chalice and chairs from the time of Charles II? (2007-10-19)
... that early Indian Christians were Nestorians until the arrival of Portuguese in the 16th century introducing Roman Catholicism to the country? (2007-10-20)
... that missionary Don Richardson discovered that aborigines of Western New Guinea have a concept called the Peace Child which is very similar to the incarnation of Jesus? (2007-10-20)
... that the Solomon Islands Christian Association came out of a meeting of church representatives that included the future first Prime Minister and first Governor-General? (2007-10-20)
... that Edmund Blacket became known as "the Christopher Wren of Sydney" for building four cathedrals, 80 churches and a university? (2007-10-22)
... that although he was an illegitimate child, the 13th century prelate of Scotland Albin of Brechin (Brechin cathedral pictured) had a successful career in the Roman Catholic Church after obtaining dispensation from the Bishop of Porto? (2007-10-23)
... that the Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu is considered the holiest Catholic shrine in Sri Lanka? (2007-10-23)
... that the Church of South India, a union of Anglican, Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian, and Reformed churches in South India, was inaugurated in 1947 at St. George's Cathedral (pictured) in Madras (now Chennai)? (2007-10-23)
... that leading New Testament scholar C. F. D. Moule was Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, the oldest chair in the University of Cambridge, for 25 years? (2007-10-24)
... that the Suevi of Gallaecia were converted from a form of Germanic paganism to Arian Christianity by a Celtic missionary, Ajax, sent by the Visigoths? (2007-10-25)
... that former Branch Davidian leader George Roden was shot twice in a gun battle with his rival David Koresh and seven other Branch Davidians, before being evicted from the Mount Carmel Center near Waco? (2007-10-25)
... that a prosecution was started against Benjamin Robinson for starting a school in Findern in 1693? (2007-10-26)
... that the conditions at the chapel of St. Nicholas' Church, Tallinn (pictured) in 1703 protected the unburied Duke Eugène de Croÿ from decaying and his body became an attraction remaining on display until 1897? (2007-10-26)
... that Harold E. Martin, a newspaper publisher and editor, won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting in 1970 and served for twenty years on the board of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association? (2007-10-27)
... that the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (pictured) in Spain is reputed to be the first church dedicated to Mary through history? (2007-10-29)
... that the founding of the Church in Malta is described in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible? (2007-10-30)
... that the United Church of Christ in Blooming Grove, New York was a Presbyterian congregation until its pastor was tried for heresy? (2007-11-01)
... that Credonia Mwerinde founded the doomsday cult, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, with Joseph Kibweteere? (2007-11-01)
... that Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada were persecuted in the early to mid-20th century, and that their religion was banned during World War II under the War Measures Act as a result of their refusal to serve in the military? (2007-11-02)
... that the American Ceylon Mission founded Asia's first all girls boarding school in 1824, in Sri Lanka? (2007-11-05)
... that Rev William Cotton, vicar of Frodsham, Cheshire, introduced the skills of beekeeping to New Zealand in the 1840s? (2007-11-06)
... that the Joseph Priestley House (pictured) in Northumberland, Pennsylvania was the site of the first and only laboratory Priestley designed, built and outfitted himself, as well as several American Chemical Society celebrations? (2007-11-07)
... that in 1982, Maurice Couve de Murville was plucked from obscurity as the Roman Catholic chaplain at Cambridge University to become the seventh Archbishop of Birmingham? (2007-11-10)
... that the firm formed by John Brogden to build Manchester Victoria station and various railroads to the rapidly expanding Manchester in mid-19th century began as a contractor to undertake the sweeping, cleansing and watering of the city? (2007-11-11)
... that Les Parrott, a professor of clinical psychology, a motivational speaker, and a Nazarene minister, co-created, along with his wife, the eHarmony Marriage program? (2007-11-11)
... that the Raphael Cartoons (example pictured), tapestry designs from 1515 which are among the most influential works of Renaissance art, remained torn into strips for 175 years? (2007-11-12)
... that, by joining the Democratic caucus in 2007, Rep. Debbie Stafford became the first Colorado state legislator to switch parties in two decades? (2007-11-15)
... that adjoining the house where the Cato Street conspirators intended to kill all of the cabinet, was the home of Archbishop of York, Edward Harcourt, who was entertaining the Prince Regent and the Dukes of Cambridge, Cumberland and Wellington? (2007-11-15)
... that Michael Rowntree was Chairman of Oxfam for six years, and is one of only two people ever to be elected as its Chair Emeritus? (2007-11-15)
... that Saint Mary of the Mongols (pictured) is the only Byzantine church in Constantinople to have remained Eastern Orthodox to this day? (2007-11-16)
... that the mosque of Hirami Ahmet Pasha (pictured) in Istanbul is the smallest Byzantine church of Constantinople still extant? (2007-11-18)
... that Winchester Cathedral (pictured) is the longest of the medieval cathedrals of England? (2007-11-22)
... that Rev. Justus Henry Nelson (pictured) (1850-1937) established the first Protestant church in the Amazon Basin and was a self-supporting Methodist missionary in Belém, Pará, Brazil for 45 years? (2007-11-24)
... that the Mosque of the Rose in Istanbul is so named because on the day of the Fall of Constantinople the building was adorned with garlands of roses? (2007-11-27)
... that Christ Church in Macclesfield (pictured) was built by Charles Roe for the Rev. David Simpson, because he had been denied a curacy in another church? (2007-12-03)
... that Diodore of Tarsus mentored both the sainted John Chrysostom and the heretical Theodore of Mopsuestia? (2007-12-04)
... that the spread of Christianity in Asia is believed to have reached China during the Tang Dynasty, where it was known as the Luminous Religion? (2007-12-09)
... that the bells of St Giles Church in Wormshill, England were restored in 1995 after a collection started in 1944 with only ten shillings? (2007-12-12)
... that Wales had one of the highest literacy rates in eighteenth century Europe thanks to the wealthy Bridget Bevan (pictured), who sponsored a system of "circulating schools"? (2007-12-16)
... that the only elements of the Nativity of Jesus in art (example pictured) to span the whole history of its depiction are the baby, the ox and the ass? (2007-12-16)
... that John Rogers, who helped to prepare a version of the Hebrew Bible, also helped to introduce the man engine, an important reform in Cornish mining? (2007-12-18)
... that the semantron, intended for summoning Eastern Orthodox Christians to worship, has been used as a deadly weapon in church brawls? (2007-12-21)
... that St Mary's Church in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, England, a Grade I listed building, was built in the 16th century and houses a stone cross dating to the 11th century? (2007-12-21)
... that the first act of Paul John Hallinan as Archbishop of Atlanta, an office he assumed in 1962, was to order the desegregation of all Catholic schools and institutions in the Archdiocese of Atlanta? (2007-12-23)
... that Robert Hett Chapman was the second president of the The University of North Carolina and instituted the first Bible study classes at the university? (2007-12-23)
... that when the old All Saints Church, Marple was replaced by a new church 30 metres away in 1880, the tower from the old church was retained and is now used as a free-standing bell-tower? (2007-12-24)
... that after serving as a border guard, Saint Claudius of Besançon became, successively, a priest, monk, abbot, bishop, and then an abbot again, in the 7th century? (2007-12-24)
... that, upon exhumation, the 10th century saint Rasso was found to be 2 meters (6' 6") tall, although, given that his grave was 2 and a half meters, he had earlier been thought to be even taller? (2007-12-24)
... that according to the Christmas Price Index it will cost your true love US$78,100 to buy you all those gifts this year? (2007-12-25)
... that Philippine Christmas lanterns, called Parols (pictured), are also used in Christmas celebrations in Austria, Canada and California? (2007-12-25)
... that St. Thomas' Church, Mellor (pictured) contains the oldest wooden pulpit in England, and possibly in the world? (2007-12-25)
... that U.S. Salvation Army Christmas kettles have collected not only American Gold Eagles (coin pictured), but also gold teeth? (2007-12-26)
... that as well as serving as the assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Global Health, Kent R. Hill has also published books and served as the president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy? (2007-12-26)
... that the Laetare Medal, an award for an American Catholic who has made an outstanding contribution to society, was first given to the historian John Gilmary Shea in 1883? (2007-12-26)
... that many churchgoers in the 1920s believed that Ronald Reagan's mother, Nelle Wilson Reagan, had the gift to heal due to her strong belief in the power of prayer? (2007-12-27)
... that when St Hilary's Church in Wallasey, England burnt down in 1857, a new church was built separately, leaving the tower of the old medieval church as a free-standing edifice? (2007-12-27)
... that there are two separate churches dedicated to St Werburgh in the village of Warburton, Greater Manchester? (2007-12-27)
... that Psalms 134 and 135 are usually chanted during the Polyeleos, a festive portion of the Matins or All-night vigil services in some Eastern Christian Churches, but Psalm 44 is chanted instead on feasts of the Theotokos in Greece? (2007-12-28)
... that the plans for renovation of the Mausoleum of Yugoslavian Soldiers (pictured) in Olomouc, the Czech Republic had to be stopped due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, which owned the property rights? (2007-12-29)
... that Christian anarchist Dave Andrews was excommunicated from the parachurch Youth With A Mission? (2008-01-02)
... that the Gothic Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (pictured) in Coimbra, Portugal, stayed abandoned under mud and water for over 300 years before it was rescued in an archaeological intervention? (2008-01-03)
... that Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the doors of All Saints' Church, Wittenberg, Germany (pictured), in which he is also buried? (2008-01-10)
... that the Poughkeepsie YMCA building (pictured) is the only one in the city using glazed terra cotta? (2008-01-13)
... that Bruce Barton, in his bestselling 1925 book, The Man Nobody Knows, portrayed Jesus as "the founder of modern business"? (2008-01-13)
... that the Koca Mustafa Pasha Mosque in Istanbul features a cypress tree with a chain that was swung between two people who gave contradictory statements to determine which one was telling the truth? (2008-01-14)
... that Towson (Md.) Methodist Church's membership split in two for 90 years after a dispute over the American Civil War? (2008-01-14)
... that William Melmoth's 1711 work The Great Importance of a Religious Life Consider'd went through thirty editions and sold over 420,000 copies by the end of the century? (2008-01-14)
... that the church of Hagia Thekla in Constantinople, now a mosque, was rebuilt by Emperor Isaac I Komnenos as thanks for surviving a hunting accident? (2008-01-15)
... that writer Ngaire Thomas was forced at the age of 15 to apologise in front of 600 members of her church congregation for "fornicating" with her cousin, when in fact she had only kissed him? (2008-01-15)
... that the Directa Decretal (385 AD) was a strongly-worded letter by Pope Siricius reminding priests of the perpetual celibacy required of them? (2008-01-16)
... that St John the Evangelist's Church, Weston, Runcorn, Cheshire is known as "The Choirboys' Church" because its choirboys wrote thousands of letters to raise money to build it? (2008-01-16)
... that St Barnabas' Church (pictured), completed in Bromborough, England in 1864, has been called a "well-designed example of the work" of its architect, Sir George Gilbert Scott? (2008-01-17)
... that St George's Church, Brighton (pictured) became so popular after Queen Adelaide started attending that in order to increase its seating capacity, master builder Thomas Cubitt built an extra gallery in one week? (2008-01-20)
... that in the churchyard of Morwenstow Church is the preserved figurehead of the Scottish brig Caledonia, which was shipwrecked nearby in 1843? (2008-01-22)
... that St. Elizabeth's Church (pictured), constructed in memory of a Russian princess, is the only Russian Orthodox church in Wiesbaden, Germany? (2008-01-23)
... that according to legend, George Washington personally stopped an angry mob from burning St. Philip's Church in the Highlands (pictured)? (2008-01-27)
... that Séon Carsuel, Scottish Protestant reformer, Bishop of the Isles and author of the first book to be printed in any Goidelic language, was over seven foot tall? (2008-01-29)
... that newly crowned Miss America 2008 Kirsten Haglund's grandmother competed at Miss America 1944? (2008-01-31)
... that Kenneth Summers pastored four Assemblies of God churches before being elected to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2006? (2008-02-01)
... that Paul's walk, the central aisle of Old St Paul's Cathedral, was a grapevine for London gossip and news during the 16th and 17th centuries? (2008-02-01)
... that the first Lutheran church in Omaha, Nebraska became the largest Lutheran congregation in the United States by the 1920s? (2008-02-06)
... that, according to legend, the Northumbrian princess and saint Osana's grave is said to have trapped the concubine of the priest of the church in which she was buried? (2008-02-06)
... that St Mary's Church, Widnes has a wayside pulpit (pictured) incorporated into its boundary wall? (2008-02-07)
... that halos commonly used in Georgian imagery of royalties are missing in wall paintings of medieval Georgian monarchs (examples pictured) discovered at the Betania Monastery? (2008-02-10)
... that Sir George Everest, after whom Mount Everest was named, is buried at St Andrew's Church, Hove, despite being born in Wales, dying in London and having no apparent connection with the church or town? (2008-02-10)
... that Herbert Armitage James, who was headmaster of Rugby School for 14 years, had one of the best stamp collections in England? (2008-02-11)
... that John Percival, when headmaster of Rugby School, gained the nickname "Percival of the knees" because he was concerned about "impurity" and insisted that boys secure their football shorts below the knee with elastic? (2008-02-12)
... that rubrics were originally anything written in red letters in a manuscript, but now most often mean instructions, especially for officiating clergy, or scoring tools for tests in education? (2008-02-13)
... that Most Rev. S. Arulappa, Archbishop of Hyderabad, was the youngest to be consecrated as a Roman Catholic Archbishop in India? (2008-02-18)
... that listed building St Leonard's Church (pictured) in Brighton and Hove was on Church Road, but is now on New Church Road after another church was built? (2008-02-21)
... that Dutch Catechism, a bestseller with translations sold globally, was issued by bishops of the Netherlands to make the message of Jesus "sound as new as it is"? (2008-02-22)
... that according to Christianity Today, the Born Again Movement and its spinoff new religious groups have nearly twice the size of the government-sanctioned Christian church in China? (2008-02-25)
... that the First Presbyterian Church of Chester, New York, has worshipped in three different buildings, all in different locations, in its history? (2008-02-26)
... that Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was buried in St. Francis Church in India? (2008-02-27)
... that the Saviour's Lutheran Church in Baku, Azerbaijan (pictured) survived Joseph Stalin's rule by promising to pray for him? (2008-02-29)
... that eight well preserved Maronite mummies dating back to the 13th century were uncovered by speleologists in the Qadisha Valley, Lebanon? (2008-03-01)
... that the first medical missions in China began in part because the missionary Robert Morrison wanted to discover whether the Chinese pharmacopoeia could cure disease in the West? (2008-03-02)
... that the Chinese government had no objections when the Eastern Orthodox Church canonized Metrophanes, Chi Sung and other martyrs of the Boxer Rebellion, but did object to canonizations by the Roman Catholic Church? (2008-03-02)
... that when Chester Cathedral (pictured) was restored by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the 19th century, its exterior was almost completely recased in Runcorn sandstone? (2008-03-03)
... that the 13th-century troubadour Guilhem de Montanhagol encouraged the conversion of the Cathars to Catholic orthodoxy by persuasion and opposed their violent suppression by the Albigensian Crusade? (2008-03-03)
... that the Blessed Martyrs of Nowogródek were Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth who offered their lives during the Holocaust in exchange for the release of citizens of Nowogródek? (2008-03-03)
... that the 11th century Duke Yaropolk Izyaslavich is an Eastern Orthodox saint? (2008-03-03)
... that Adam Franz Lennig organized the first Katholikentag in Mainz in 1848? (2008-03-04)
... that as he lay dying, the American Presbyterian theologian J. Gresham Machen declared that there is no hope without the active obedience of Christ? (2008-03-05)
... that according to historian Rev. H B Kendall, five Camp Meetings which led to the establishment of Primitive Methodism as a denomination in 1811 were held in Ramsor in Staffordshire? (2008-03-05)
... that the Basilica of the Birth of the Virgin Mary in Chełm, Poland, now a Catholic church, was formerly an Orthodox one? (2008-03-06)
... that the Söflingen Abbey in Ulm, Baden-Württemberg is the oldest nunnery of the Order of Poor Ladies in Germany? (2008-03-06)
... that Eastern Christians believe that the tomb on the Mount of Olives is the Tomb of Mary? (2008-03-07)
... that medieval cycles of the Life of the Virgin could have as many as 53 scenes before reaching the Annunciation of her pregnancy? (2008-03-09)
... that Maturinus was the patron saint of jesters, comic actors, and clowns during the Middle Ages? (2008-03-10)
... that the subject in art of Christ taking leave of his Mother (pictured) has no biblical basis but derives from medieval devotional writing? (2008-03-11)
... that Bishop George Algernon West, the Lord Bishop of Rangoon 1935–1954, became for two months the Bishop of Atlanta, Georgia while the Japanese occupied Burma? (2008-03-11)
... that Pope Pius XII Church policies after World War II involved global reconstruction of war-damaged Catholic institutions? (2008-03-11)
... that Union's Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church (pictured) was the first church in New Jersey to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places? (2008-03-12)
... that George Stanhope, Dean of Canterbury, helped organise the building of fifty new churches to replace those lost in the Great Fire of London? (2008-03-13)
... that gothic Trinity College Kirk, a 1460 memorial to King James II of Scotland, was demolished in 1848 to make way for Edinburgh's Waverley Station? (2008-03-13)
... that Salem First United Methodist Church is the tallest building in Salem, Oregon and is also the oldest Methodist church west of the Rocky Mountains? (2008-03-15)
... that St John the Evangelist's Church in the village of Sandiway, Cheshire, was designed by John Douglas who had been born in the village and who was lord of the manor of Sandiway? (2008-03-15)
... that St. Patrick's Blue, rather than green, was long the colour most associated with the patron saint of Ireland, and is present on Ireland's Presidential Standard (pictured)? (2008-03-17)
... that, buried in the porch of St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch (pictured), is the heart of John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who was killed at the Battle of Castillon in 1453? (2008-03-19)
... that Cassià Maria Just was one of the Catholic Church members in Spain who showed their opposition to Francisco Franco? (2008-03-20)
... that Thursday of the Dead is a springtime feast day shared by Muslims and Christians in the Levant that involves colouring eggs, visiting the cemetery and distributing food to the poor? (2008-03-20)
... that the Upper Brook Street Chapel in Manchester, designed by Sir Charles Barry shortly before he designed the Palace of Westminster, is said to be the first neogothic Nonconformist chapel? (2008-03-21)
... that the Rev. James Hackman, Rector of Wiveton in Norfolk, was hanged for the murder of Martha Ray, mistress of the fourth Earl of Sandwich? (2008-03-23)
... that in 1669, the Jesuit missionary and astronomer Ferdinand Verbiest (pictured) persuaded the Kangxi Emperor to remove a month from the Chinese calendar? (2008-03-24)
... that Roman Catholic priests afflicted with alcoholism or other ailments can use unfermented grape juice, known as mustum, in place of sacramental wine during the Eucharist? (2008-03-24)
... that Saint Foutin was a syncretic amalgam of the first bishop of Lyon, France and pre-Christian Gaulish phallic worship? (2008-03-25)
... that St. Thomas, the apostle of Jesus Christ, established the Church in India in 52 AD? (2008-03-25)
... that "many-sided" priest Father Patrick McLaughlin (pictured) promoted links between the Church and the world of literature by staging plays, and by commissioning lectures from T. S. Eliot and Dorothy L. Sayers? (2008-03-26)
... that the St. Paul A.M.E. Church in Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in 1884, was the first independent African-American church in Raleigh? (2008-03-26)
... that the Stalingrad Madonna was flown out on the last transport plane to leave the trapped Sixth Army during the Battle of Stalingrad? (2008-03-26)
... that the Church of St James the Great, Haydock, Merseyside was built with timber framing because its flexibility would provide greater protection against possible mining subsidence? (2008-03-27)
... that Theophilus Browne disagreed with his congregations at Cambridge and Warminster and he was paid to leave the Octagon Chapel in Norwich in 1809? (2008-03-30)
... that the practices of the Followers of Christ church in Oregon, United States, which include faith healing and forbid medical treatment, prompted a 1999 state law making parents liable if their children are harmed by a lack of treatment? (2008-03-31)
... that "Maphriyono" (Maphrian) meaning, "to make fruitful", or "one who gives fecundity" is another term for Catholicos of India? (2008-04-04)
... that Portland, Oregon–based evangelical minister Luis Palau has collaborated with government leaders, and 500 Christian pastors, to rally volunteers to address homelessness? (2008-04-04)
... that the Church of St Mary on the Rock (pictured), originally a house for the Céli Dé of St Andrews, was the first collegiate church in Scotland? (2008-04-07)
... that Mavia was an Arab queen who in 378 AD personally led her troops out of southern Syria in revolt against Roman rule? (2008-04-07)
... that Moses, the first Arab Orthodox bishop, administered his duties while journeying with a nomadic confederation of Arabs in the fourth century? (2008-04-07)
... that according to his hagiography, Saint Severus of Naples temporarily brought a man back from death in order to testify on the size of his debt and save his widow from slavery? (2008-04-07)
... that Charles J. O'Byrne, Secretary to Governor David Paterson of New York, is a former priest who officiated at the marriage of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette in 1996 and presided over their funeral in 1999? (2008-04-08)
... that in 1128 Geoffrey, Prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, became the first Abbot of Dunfermline? (2008-04-09)
... that Pullen Memorial Baptist Church is the first Baptist church in the Southern United States to have chosen an openly gay lead cleric? (2008-04-10)
... that after becoming Bishop of Brechin at the instigation of the Earl of Argyll, Alexander Campbell of Carco, still only a minor, handed most of his bishopric's lands over to the earl? (2008-04-12)
... that the Pentecostal Union of Romania has experienced rapid growth in recent years due to conversions and high birthrates, with some families having up to 18 children? (2008-04-14)
... that the chief purpose of the military order the Militia of Jesus Christ was to combat heresy? (2008-04-15)
... that former Anglican clergyman and Liberal Party life peer Tim Beaumont was the only Green Party representative in the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1999 until his death in 2008? (2008-04-16)
... that the Militia of the Faith of Jesus Christ was founded to defend the lands of Amaury de Montfort, leader of the Albigensian Crusade? (2008-04-17)
... that the Order of the Faith and Peace, founded by the Archbishop of Auch c. 1230 for the defence of the peace in Gascony, was patronised by Gaston VII of Béarn? (2008-04-17)
... that Quirinus Kuhlmann, a German poet who called himself "son of the Son of God", was denounced as theologically and politically dangerous, and burnt at the stake for heresy in Moscow in 1689? (2008-04-17)
... that the pastor of Burbank's St. Bellarmine Church was a World War I chaplain who modeled the campus on Monticello and Independence Hall? (2008-04-17)
... that Louis XIV of France employed a native Chinese librarian, Arcadio Huang, to organize the royal library's collection of Chinese books? (2008-04-18)
... that the Rev. Teddy Boston was immortalized as "the Fat Clergyman" in The Railway Series of children's books by the Rev. W. V. Awdry? (2008-04-18)
... that St Mark's Church (pictured) in the small village of Vrba was mentioned in a sonnet by the Slovene national poet? (2008-04-18)
... that the papal election, 1292–1294 was the last election of a pope which did not take the form of a conclave? (2008-04-19)
... that Italian Jesuit priest Sabatino de Ursis moved to China in 1607 to assist Matteo Ricci in his astronomical research, and attempted to reform the Chinese calendar? (2008-04-19)
... that when St. Andrew's Church in Pasadena was built in the 1920s, it was compared to "a jeweled crown on the head of a Byzantine queen"? (2008-04-19)
... that Old Catholic Cemetery was created for Roman Catholics after a yellow fever epidemic struck Mobile, Alabama in the 1830s? (2008-04-20)
... that Rev. D'Ewes Coke (pictured), colliery owner and philanthropist, was descended from Dr. George Coke (pictured), Bishop of Hereford who was charged with high treason? (2008-04-20)
... that St. Finbar Church in Burbank, faced with a dwindling flock and changing demographics, was one of the first U.S. parishes to offer Spanish language Mass? (2008-04-20)
... that police patrolled Incarnation Church during the 2000 funeral of a Hispanic youth killed by Armenian-Americans? (2008-04-21)
... that Reuben Gaylord, the recognized leader of missionary pioneers in Omaha City, Nebraska Territory, has been called the "father of Congregationalism in Nebraska"? (2008-04-21)
... that at the height of its popularity, New York's Easter Parade drew crowds of over a million? (2008-04-22)
... that several songs from Michelle Williams's debut album, Heart to Yours, are tribute to the September 11, 2001 attacks? (2008-04-22)
... that a Muslim fundamentalist beheaded a statue of the Virgin Mary at St. Augustine's and carted a statue of Father Serra to a nearby mosque in October 2001? (2008-04-22)
... that Academy Award winner Going My Way was filmed at St. Monica's (pictured), and the irascible old Irish priest character was based on its pastor? (2008-04-22)
... that St. Brendan's Church (pictured) has been a location for two apocalypse movies: the Martian attack in 1953's War of the Worlds and the wedding at the end of Armageddon? (2008-04-24)
... that Annie Armstrong, for whom the Southern Baptist Easter collection for domestic missions is named, resigned from the missionary organization she founded vowing never to serve the SBC again? (2008-04-25)
... that Kloster Wienhausen, a medieval convent in Germany (pictured), has the world's oldest surviving example of rivet eyeglasses? (2008-04-25)
... that the Long View Center (pictured) in Raleigh, North Carolina is used as a church, concert venue, office building, and art gallery? (2008-04-26)
... that Cardinal Mahony petitioned Rome to name Padre Serra Church after Junipero Serra despite controversy over his treatment of California Indians? (2008-04-27)
... that the bronze of Mary (pictured) atop Mary Star of the Sea, known as the "Fishermen's Church," is lit at night so she can be seen from the Port of Los Angeles harbor? (2008-04-28)
... that Hollywood's Blessed Sacrament Church was the site of Bing Crosby's wedding and funerals for John Ford and Mack Sennett? (2008-04-29)
... that St. James' Episcopal Church (pictured) held the first U2charist in Wisconsin? (2008-04-29)
... that Cormac mac Cuilennáin, bishop and king of Munster, later considered a saint, was killed in battle in 908 while leading an invasion of Leinster? (2008-05-03)
... that Mathilde Ludendorff, a leader in the German Völkisch movement, claimed astrology was part of a Jewish effort to enslave the Germans? (2008-05-04)
... that the photographs taken of Peter Jones in 1845 (pictured) are the oldest surviving photographs of a North American Indian? (2008-05-04)
... that the annual Chembuduppu festival at St. George Orthodox Church, Chandanapally is held in commemoration of non-Christians bringing rice to feed hundreds of voluntary labourers during its construction? (2008-05-04)
... that despite nine hundred Roman Catholic churches being built in England in the fifty years after 1791, St John the Baptist's Church in Brighton was only the fourth to be consecrated since the Reformation? (2008-05-04)
... that Samuel Johnson failed to get a job at Brewood Grammar School because headmaster William Budworth was concerned with Johnson's head movements? (2008-05-04)
... that after Roche MacGeoghegan, Bishop of Kildare, died in 1644, his library was divided between his diocese and the Dominican Order? (2008-05-05)
... that in St Peter's Church, Heysham, Lancashire, is a Viking hogback stone, and in the churchyard is the base of an Anglo-Saxon cross (pictured)? (2008-05-05)
... that visiting Cistercian monks could extend the hospitality of Stratford Langthorne Abbey, near London, by supplying wine and beer for themselves and oats and hay for their horses? (2008-05-06)
... that the first public library in Covington, Kentucky was built by its Trinity Episcopal Church? (2008-05-06)
... that McCarty Church (pictured) in Los Angeles gained attention for its pastor's decision to racially integrate his white Protestant church in the mid-1950s? (2008-05-08)
... that in 1687 Philippe Couplet published Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (pictured), the first known Western translation of a Chinese literary work? (2008-05-09)
... that De Doctrina Christiana, identified as John Milton's attempt to define his own particular Christian theology, was suppressed by the government of the day and not published until 150 years after his death? (2008-05-10)
... that in 1686 Michael Shen Fu-Tsung, a Jesuit convert from Nanking, arrived at the court of James II and became the first recorded Chinese person to visit Britain? (2008-05-10)
... that The Reverend John H. Taylor served as post-Chief of Staff for former United States President Richard Nixon from 1979 to 1994? (2008-05-13)
... that the St. Philip's Church Ruins include the graves of two North Carolina governors and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court? (2008-05-17)
... that Reigate Heath Windmill is the only windmill in England that has been consecrated as a church? (2008-05-22)
... that much of the interior of the 19th-century St Patrick's Church, Hove has been rebuilt as a night shelter which includes a variation on the 1970s "sleep capsule" concept? (2008-05-23)
... that Bishop Hannington Memorial Church in Hove, England, is dedicated to a missionary killed in Uganda on King Mwanga II's orders? (2008-05-29)
... that 1999 book Gone with the Wind in the Vatican narrated alleged scandals in Vatican City using pseudonyms from Gone with the Wind? (2008-05-31)
... that the church tower for the Fourth Universalist Society of New York is the "high-tech command center" for NBC's coverage of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? (2008-06-02)
... that the parish church of St. Mary in Chepstow, Wales, was founded as a Benedictine priory in 1072 and retains its original Norman doorway (pictured)? (2008-06-03)
... that Valium is the prescription most often dispensed by the Vatican Pharmacy? (2008-06-06)
... that the Cathedral Church of the Prince of Peace, the episcopal see of the bishop of the Christ Catholic Church founded by Karl Pruter, is said to be the smallest cathedral in the world? (2008-06-11)
... that the 5th-century Sassanian Emperor of Iran Yazdegerd I (pictured on coin) was given the epithets of Ramashtras ("the most quiet") as well as Al Khasha ("the harsh")? (2008-06-12)
... that Christopher Smart (pictured) spent five years in a mental asylum and wrote his most important works, Jubilate Agno and A Song to David, during this time? (2008-06-13)
... that the Church of Daniel's Band, based in Michigan, chose its name from the title of a sermon delivered by Charles Spurgeon in London? (2008-06-15)
... that Christopher Smart's Hymns for the Amusement of Children were finished by the author while in debtors' prison and that he died before receiving notice that the work was a success? (2008-06-15)
... that Pope Benedict XVI received George W. Bush this month in a medieval tower where Pope John Paul II resided temporarily while his papal apartments were being remodeled? (2008-06-17)
... that Christopher Smart's The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was mocked for its dedication to a three-year-old child? (2008-06-17)
... that Washington Irving's church, Christ Episcopal (pictured) in Tarrytown, New York, was one of the first in the U.S. built in the Gothic Revival style? (2008-06-18)
... that Rhipsime and her companions are venerated as the first Christian martyrs in Armenian history? (2008-06-20)
... that the Groffdale Conference Mennonite Church, whose members still use horse-drawn carriages, was formed when another Mennonite church split after a 17-year dispute over the use of automobiles? (2008-06-23)
... that when 20,000 Mennonites immigrated to Mexico from Canada in 1922, they were given freedom from taxation for 100 years so long as they supplied cheese to northern Mexico? (2008-06-26)
... that the 6th-century musician Yared introduced the concept of sacred music to the Ethiopian Orthodox Church services? (2008-06-26)
... that American Revolutionary war officer Anthony Wayne's bones are buried at St. David's Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania, while the rest of him is buried hundreds of miles away in Erie, Pennsylvania? (2008-06-28)
... that Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque had been an Eastern Orthodox monastery until it was converted after the Fall of Constantinople? (2008-06-29)
... that the Hortus conclusus or "enclosed garden" was both a title and attribute of Mary and a type of actual garden? (2008-06-30)
... that Scottish missionary Carstairs Douglas compiled the first comprehensive Amoy-English Dictionary in 1873, which, with revisions, is still in use today? (2008-07-01)
... that George Hargreaves, Christian Party candidate in the forthcoming UK Parliamentary by-election, has said that the dragon symbol on the Welsh flag (pictured) is "nothing less than the sign of Satan"? (2008-07-01)
... that in 1298, Pope Boniface VIII decreed in Periculoso that nuns "ought henceforth to remain perpetually cloistered in their monasteries"? (2008-07-01)
... that Caeca et Obdurata, promulgated by Pope Clement VIII (pictured) in 1593, ordered that Jews be expelled from the Papal States except Rome, Ancona, and the Comtat Venaissin, within three months? (2008-07-02)
... that the title for Christian musician Matthew West’s album Something to Say had already been decided before he knew that he would have to be vocally silent for two months? (2008-07-02)
... that Ad exstirpanda, promulgated in May 1252 by Pope Innocent IV, authorized the use of torture by the Inquisition for the purpose of eliciting confessions from alleged heretics? (2008-07-05)
... that the Kucheng Massacre was one of the worst outrages against foreigners in China prior to the Boxer Movement? (2008-07-05)
... that Dair Mar Elia, dating from the 6th century, is the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq? (2008-07-07)
... that the cult of Saint Chiaffredo arose after the discovery of a sarcophagus containing a mysterious skeleton near the Italian town of Crissolo? (2008-07-11)
... that the Gero Cross (pictured) of about 970 AD is one of the earliest known depictions of the dead Christ on the cross? (2008-07-12)
... that the relics housed within the chapel near the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae in Istanbul were credited by the Byzantines for victories against the Avars, Arabs, and Rus? (2008-07-15)
... that the Lamentation of Christ (pictured) is a very common subject in Christian art from the High Middle Ages to the Baroque? (2008-07-20)
... that according to The Gunpowder Plot: Exploding The Legend, had the plot succeeded, it would have created more persecution of English Catholics rather than less? (2008-07-20)
... that according to legend, a spring came up on all three spots where the severed head of Catholic martyr Saint Baudilus bounced after his martyrdom in Nîmes? (2008-07-21)
... that cycles of the Life of Christ in medieval art (example pictured) usually show relatively few of his miracles? (2008-07-21)
... that the excavation at Norton Priory, Cheshire, in the 1970s revealed the largest floor of mosaic tiles to be found in any modern excavation? (2008-07-21)
... that the Rev. William Plenderleath's book Memoranda of Cherhill was first published 95 years after the author's death? (2008-07-24)
... that a low side window in the 12th-century St Helen's Church, Hangleton, may have been used as a hagioscope by lepers wanting to listen to services without entering the building? (2008-07-27)
... that one Prior of Ecclesfield (priory pictured), near Sheffield in England, was accused by Benedictine authorities of "embezzlement of the priory's goods" and of living an "evil life"? (2008-08-07)
... that St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (pictured) in Brewster, New York, had to be rebuilt months after it was finished due to a fire? (2008-08-14)
... that the Turin-Milan Hours (pictured) is thought to have involved at least 11 artists, and became physically separated into at least five sections? (2008-08-14)
... that when the namesake of Yardley, Pennsylvania, William Yardley, moved from England to Pennsylvania in 1682, he took with him 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of shoes? (2008-08-17)
... that David Pendleton Oakerhater, a Cheyenne warrior who fought at the Second Battle of Adobe Walls, was declared a saint of the Episcopal Church in 1985? (2008-08-19)
... that E.E. Cummings was inspired to write Santa Claus: A Morality after reuniting with his daughter, Nancy? (2008-08-21)
... that the Duty to God Award gets its name from passage Alma 7:22 in the Book of Mormon? (2008-08-22)
... that Elizabeth Howe was one of nineteen people found guilty of practicing witchcraft and executed in the Salem witch trials? (2008-08-22)
... that the 1964 film Man in the 5th Dimension was shown in the 70mm Todd-AO widescreen process exclusively at the Billy Graham Pavilion during the 1964 New York World's Fair? (2008-08-22)
... that the tower of St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Moscow was used as a machine gun post by Bolsheviks in a battle against troops of the Russian Provisional Government? (2008-08-28)
... that a shattered goblet of Communion wine reportedly helped Saint Donatus of Arezzo convert 79 pagans to Christianity? (2008-08-29)
... that Czesława Kwoka, a Polish Catholic child victim of the Holocaust, was the subject of a 2007 award-winning mixed-media presentation? (2008-09-02)
... that both Christians and Muslims ritually sacrifice lambs during the Feast of Saint George in the Palestinian town of al-Khader near Bethlehem? (2008-09-05)
... that Stanmer Churchyard contains a rare vertical donkey-wheel, an ancient mechanism for drawing water from the ground? (2008-09-05)
... that the Hunterian Psalter, of about 1170, is the oldest English illuminated manuscript to have miniatures with backgrounds of incised gold leaf (pictured)? (2008-09-06)
... that carved Romanesque stone heads (pictured) were added to the walls of Temple Cronan in Ireland as decoration during renovation in the 12th century? (2008-09-09)
... that in his memoirs of the Battle of Waterloo, William Leeke claimed that the 52nd Light Infantry singlehandedly defeated 10,000 of Napoleon's Imperial Guard? (2008-09-13)
... that medieval donor portraits often showed the donor of a religious image at a completely different scale to the main figures? (2008-09-15)
... that the Naval Cathedral in Kronstadt, completed in 1913, was equipped with a centralised vacuum cleaning system? (2008-09-16)
... that St. Volodymyr's Cathedral (pictured) was the first neo-byzantine design approved for construction in the Russian Empire in 1852? (2008-09-18)
... that the 2008 Congo football riots were sparked by accusations of witchcraft? (2008-09-21)
... that St Andrew's Church, Brunswick Town, Hove, designed by Sir Charles Barry, was the first Italianate-style church in England? (2008-09-23)
... that 13th-century Armenian historian and scholar Vardan Areveltsi was a religious adviser to Doquz Khatun, the wife of Ilkhanate Mongol leader Hulagu Khan? (2008-09-24)
... that the September 2008 attacks on Christians in Mangalore started in response to the allegations by Bajrang Dal that the New Life Fellowship Church was indulging in forcible conversion of Hindus? (2008-10-03)
... that the Bandra Fair in Mumbai, India was established to commemorate finding a statue of Mary in the Arabian Sea? (2008-10-03)
... that the Flagellation of Christ first appears in art (example pictured) in the 9th century? (2008-10-03)
... that the ruined Saxon St Peter's Church, West Blatchington was used as a henhouse for many years before being restored in the 19th century? (2008-10-04)
... that Artus de Lionne, who went to China for missionary work in 1689, played a role against Jesuits in the Chinese Rites controversy? (2008-10-05)
... that painter Karp Zolotaryov created a handmade Zodiac calendar for teaching then-seven-year-old Peter I of Russia? (2008-10-05)
... that the gilt-copper Reliquary Shrine of Saint Eleutherius in the cathedral of Tournai is considered the most sumptuous surviving mid-13th century reliquary? (2008-10-05)
... that in 878, the Byzantines lost Syracuse in Sicily to the Arabs because the imperial fleet was occupied with transporting marble for the construction of the Nea Ekklesia cathedral? (2008-10-06)
... that the Church of Our Lady of Light in Chennai, India was built in 1516 by Portuguese missionaries? (2008-10-06)
... that Bogdan Saltanov, the court artist of Tsar Alexis I of Russia, was born in Persia and granted Russian nobility eight years after arrival to Moscow? (2008-10-07)
... that the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton hosts an annual event honoring girls and women named "Elizabeth" and "Elizabeth Ann"? (2008-10-07)
... that Martin Luther compared images of the Virgin of Mercy (example pictured) to "a hen with her chicks"? (2008-10-08)
... that only twelve examples survive of the Bosom of Abraham Trinity, a uniquely English subject in late medieval religious art? (2008-10-10)
... that Norwegian Parliament member and priest Søren Georg Abel was the father of mathematician Niels Henrik Abel? (2008-10-10)
... that only a few English churches celebrate the ancient custom of "clipping the church"? (2008-10-12)
... that St George's Church, Everton (pictured) and St Michael's Church, Aigburth were two of the three churches in Liverpool built by John Cragg which contained many cast iron components? (2008-10-14)
... that All Saints' Church, Childwall is the only medieval church in the metropolitan borough of Liverpool, England? (2008-10-15)
... that former places of worship in Brighton and Hove, England, have been converted into a pub, a screen-printing factory, an art gallery and a sheltered housing complex, among other things? (2008-10-16)
... that Zion Memorial Chapel (pictured) in New Hamburg, New York, represents a late stage of Gothic Revival architecture in American churches? (2008-10-24)
... that Addison Road was the first debut Christian music act to receive a special Napster website stream of their self-titled debut album? (2008-10-25)
... that Phoebe Ann Patten, wife of early LDS church leader David W. Patten, served a mission to Tennessee with her husband, an assignment almost unheard of at the time? (2008-10-25)
... that in 1961, Bishop of Hamar Kristian Schjelderup ordained the first female priest in the Church of Norway? (2008-10-29)
... that Abandon's music was first discovered when a record label manager was dining and got distracted by hearing them play a concert next door? (2008-10-31)
... that the roof of the 12th-century St Nicolas Church, Portslade had to be jacked back into place over several months in 1959, having moved a foot (30 cm) out of alignment over the centuries? (2008-11-01)
... that St Mary's Cathedral, Tuam in County Galway, Ireland, contains a 12th-century arch which has been called "the finest example of Hiberno-Romanesque architecture"? (2008-11-02)
... that in the 1965 film The Greatest Story Ever Told, California's Death Valley was used as the setting of Jesus' 40-day journey into the wilderness? (2008-11-06)
... that St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Troy, New York, was originally built as a replica of a Church in New Haven, Connecticut? (2008-11-14)
... that Greenville Presbyterian Church was the first non-Dutch church established in New York's Catskill region? (2008-11-18)
... that Sanctus Real was the most-played artist on American Christian radio in 2006? (2008-11-18)
... that Leo the Mathematician, called by some the cleverest man in 9th century Byzantium, invented a system of beacons to warn of Arab raids and a fabled levitating throne for the emperor? (2008-11-20)
... that The Blood of Jesus was the first race film added to the U.S. National Film Registry? (2008-11-22)
... that the oldest known text of the Martyrology of Tallaght is in a 12th-century manuscript now at University College, Dublin? (2008-11-28)
... that Punch founding editor Mark Lemon had to sit in the gallery when he worshipped at St John the Baptist's Church, Crawley (pictured) because no pews in the nave were large enough to accommodate him? (2008-11-30)
... that Charles Ranken and Lord Randolph Churchill founded the Oxford University Chess Club in April 1869, with Ranken becoming its first president? (2008-12-05)
... that one of the Roman soldiers in the Mesa Arizona Easter Pageant Jesus the Christ was played by NFL offensive lineman Deuce Lutui? (2008-12-06)
... that the 14th-century life-size stone effigies of a knight and his wife in St Margaret's Church, Ifield (pictured), England, have been said to have an "inimitable sideways sway"? (2008-12-08)
... that John Milton (born 400 years ago today) discusses his religious views in numerous antiprelatical tracts, including Of Reformation, Of Prelatical Episcopacy, Animadversions, Reason of Church-Government, and Apology for Smectymnuus? (2008-12-09)
... that in 1853, the Irish clergyman William Reeves bought the 9th-century Book of Armagh (pictured) for three hundred pounds? (2008-12-11)
... that Jacob's Well (pictured) in Nablus is a site associated with Jacob in Jewish, Samaritan, Christian and Muslim tradition? (2008-12-12)
... that, in the lives of saints, the appearance of roses (example pictured) sometimes announces the presence or activity of God? (2008-12-13)
... that the ancient, but lost, Nendrum Monastery was found in 1844, when a visitor recognized the remains of a round tower? (2008-12-13)
... that Holy Land USA (pictured), a Connecticut theme park intended to replicate Bethlehem and Jerusalem of the biblical era, once attracted more than 40,000 visitors annually? (2008-12-14)
... that Archbishop D'Arcy of Armagh was a member of the Senate of Southern Ireland and a supporter of the Eugenics movement? (2008-12-17)
... that Berner Honiglebkuchen (pictured), specialty lebkuchen from Berne, Switzerland, are recommended to be taken with coffee? (2008-12-19)
... that the Friends Meeting House at Ifield, England, built in 1676, is one of the oldest purpose-built Friends meeting houses in the world? (2008-12-19)
... that as the architect of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church (pictured) in Beacon, New York, Frederick Clarke Withers designed everything down to the altar cloth? (2008-12-19)
... that the origins of the Church of Caucasian Albania date to Saint Eliseus' efforts in the first century AD to spread Christianity to the area? (2008-12-21)
... that John Prideaux Lightfoot commissioned the Adoration of the Magi tapestry (detail pictured) from Morris & Co. for the Gothic revival chapel at Exeter College, but died before it was completed? (2008-12-24)
... that the annual Christmas on the River festival in Demopolis, Alabama, features a parade with floats on boats? (2008-12-24)
... that the Berner Haselnusslebkuchen (pictured), a traditional Christmas cookie from Switzerland, is a lebkuchen made from ground hazelnuts? (2008-12-25)
... that the Star of Bethlehem (detail pictured) by Edward Burne-Jones, the largest watercolour painting of the 19th century, is based on his 1887 tapestry design depicting the Adoration of the Magi? (2008-12-25)
... that to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Christmas lights and decorations on Summer Street in Duboistown, Pennsylvania, the mayor proclaimed "December as Candy Cane Lane month forever more"? (2008-12-26)
... that in the town of Santa Claus, Arizona, visitors could once purchase Dasher and Dancer omelettes and Santa burgers? (2008-12-26)
... that the Westminster Retable, a 13th-century panel painting at Westminster Abbey, is the oldest known altarpiece in England? (2008-12-26)
... that William Blake sought in his illustrations of Milton's Nativity Ode (example pictured) to depict the rebirth of John Milton's poetry into the creative imagination of Christ? (2008-12-26)
... that Archbishop Robert Knox, father of Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Edmond Knox, founded the Belfast Church Extension Society? (2008-12-30)
... that devotees across faiths swarmed St. Michael's Church, Mumbai, as news of a reported "bleeding" Jesus picture spread in June 2008? (2008-12-31)
... that the chorus melody of "Be Alright", a track from DecembeRadio's 2008 album Satisfied, was written by bassist/vocalist Josh Reedy while showering? (2009-01-03)
... that John II, Bishop of Jerusalem, consecrated the Church of the Holy Zion on the day of Yom Kippur 394 CE? (2009-01-06)
... that First Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, the first African-American Baptist congregation in the United States, had only black pastors until 1832? (2009-01-08)
... that Gillfield Baptist Church, Virginia, the second oldest black congregation in Petersburg, USA, resisted a consolidation with the white congregation at Market Street Church in 1829? (2009-01-08)
... that Rev. Frederick B. Williams at the Church of the Intercession in New York City created the first program of any religious community in the United States to respond to the AIDS epidemic? (2009-01-10)
... that Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, pastor of Gillfield Baptist Church in Petersburg, Virginia, USA, was a co-founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957? (2009-01-11)
... that at least 20 children were abducted during the 2008 Christmas massacres in the Democratic Republic of the Congo? (2009-01-12)
... that Paschal Eze resigned as editor-in-chief of The Daily Observer, a newspaper in The Gambia, after being pressured by management not to publish stories about a certain politician? (2009-01-13)
... that after Pope Alexander III absolved Gilbert Foliot's excommunication, Thomas Becket exclaimed that "Satan is unloosed for the destruction of the Church"? (2009-01-15)
... that in 1820, the missionary William Jowett bought the 9,539-page manuscript of Abu Rumi's first-ever translation of the Bible into Amharic "on terms which appeared... equitable to all parties"? (2009-01-15)
... that despite her illiteracy, Catherine Ferguson founded the first Sunday school in New York City which later became known as Murray Street Sabbath School? (2009-01-16)
... that in his later years, Union Army general Thomas Alfred Davies published a number of books supporting the divine inspiration of the Bible, and refuting the materialistic philosophy? (2009-01-17)
... that during her husband's presidential campaign, Michelle Obama met with Mormon officials in their Church Administration Building? (2009-01-18)
... that in 1636, Phineas Hodson, Chancellor of York Minster, lost his 38-year-old wife Jane during the birth of the couple's 24th child? (2009-01-18)
... that Jerome Murphy-O'Connor, the Dominican priest and Bible scholar, is a cousin of Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the Archbishop of Westminster? (2009-01-22)
... that, according to theories by Dennis MacDonald, the earliest books of the New Testament are responses to the Homeric Epics, thus "nearly everything written on early Christian narrative is flawed"? (2009-01-23)
... that the popular Calypso Carol was written by an Englishman, Michael Perry, while still a student, and only became famous by accident? (2009-01-23)
... that Thomas Robbins, the Connecticut Historical Society's first librarian, owned the 385 volume Journal des sçavans, the earliest published scholarly periodical? (2009-01-24)
... that before John Parker became Archbishop of Tuam and of Dublin, he had been imprisoned by Oliver Cromwell's forces as a suspected Royalist spy? (2009-01-25)
... that during the Captivity of Mangalorean Catholics at Seringapatam, 30,000 of the captured 60,000 Christians were forcibly converted to Islam by Tipu Sultan? (2009-01-26)
... that the unusual layout of bays in the aisles of St Luke's Church, Brighton (pictured), was described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as "curious" and "disturbing"? (2009-01-27)
... that in May 1776, the future Chaldean Patriarch Yohannan Hormizd was consecrated metropolitan bishop with right of succession at the age of 16 by his uncle, Patriarch Mar Eliya XII Denkha? (2009-01-29)
... that Ratchanya Yatreegam, magnum opus of Henry Alfred Krishnapillai in Tamil, was based on John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress? (2009-01-30)
... that Pernessa C. Seele, the founder of the Harlem Week of Prayer for Healing of AIDS, is an immunologist and one of Time magazine's Top 100 Americans in 2006? (2009-01-30)
... that Johann Phillip Fabricius, a German Christian missionary, completed the first translation of the Bible to Tamil? (2009-01-31)
... that Stephen Neill, former bishop of Tirunelveli in Tamil Nadu, suffered from insomnia which helped him to author his magnum opus, History of Christianity in India? (2009-02-01)
... that John Calvin's works include some 1,300 letters, making him "the great letter-writer of the Reformation age" according to B. B. Warfield? (2009-02-03)
... that Deutsche Evangelische Oberschule, Cairo's oldest German school, has been running since 1873? (2009-02-04)
... that Karl Graul, former director of Leipzig Lutheran mission and a Tamil scholar, believed that Christian missionaries in India should not interfere with the local traditions including the caste system? (2009-02-04)
... that efforts taken by Roman Catholic missionary Henrique Henriques to publish religious books in local languages led him to be called The Father of Tamil press? (2009-02-06)
... that in medieval England the regalian right was an important, if irregular, source of income for the kings? (2009-02-08)
... that St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Walden, New York, was not consecrated for nine years as it took that long to pay off the construction debt? (2009-02-09)
... that a sermon by St Asterius, a 4th-century Bishop of Amasia, was cited twice at the Second Council of Nicaea, an ecumenical council in 787, as evidence supporting the veneration of religious icons? (2009-02-11)
... that although Abbot Æthelwig of Evesham Abbey was known for his loyalty to William the Conqueror, he had an uncle who died fighting for King Harold, the man William deposed? (2009-02-13)
... that Walter of Albano, a papal legate to England in 1095, helped secure the recognition of Pope Urban II by King William II of England? (2009-02-15)
... that the largest Hindu temple in South East England is being built in Crawley, where 3.4% of residents are Hindu compared to 1.1% in England as a whole? (2009-02-20)
... that Babe Ruth reportedly signed one of his most lucrative New York Yankees' contracts at Jacob Ruppert's Eagles' Rest estate in Garrison, New York, now Saint Basil Academy? (2009-02-22)
... that as part of the Canterbury-York dispute in medieval England, Gerard, an Archbishop of York, once kicked over chairs and refused to sit until his chair was as high as the Archbishop of Canterbury's? (2009-02-23)
... that tree-ring dating has linked the building of the Bishop's Palace at Hereford to 1179, during the episcopate of Robert Foliot? (2009-02-23)
... that the Church of the Transfiguration, Pyecombe, England, has a rare Tapsel gate (pictured), which has a central pivot and was designed to keep cattle out and allow coffins through easily? (2009-02-25)
... that Cornwall Friends Meeting House is the oldest religious building in Cornwall, New York? (2009-03-01)
... that according to Ernst Lohmeyer, "the Christian faith is only Christian as long as it retains in its heart the Jewish faith"? (2009-03-01)
... that Joseph Ferguson Peacocke, Archbishop of Dublin, was painted by Philip de László? (2009-03-01)
... that Syrian Orthodox bishop Michael Jarweh with a large number of his faithfuls revitalized the Syrian Catholic Church? (2009-03-04)
... that the Early Christian Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus (c. 359) shows Pontius Pilate making a gesture to avert the evil eye (pictured, right) during his trial of Jesus? (2009-03-06)
... that 1972 is seen as a pivotal year for Christian music due to the Explo '72 Christian music festival? (2009-03-08)
... that monastic historian David Knowles wrote that Dominic of Evesham (who died before 1145) authored the deathbed account of the Abbot Æthelwig of Evesham in the Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham? (2009-03-08)
... that Rome needed eight years to confirm the election of Peter Jarweh as Patriarch of the Syrian Catholic Church because he had received funds from Protestant missionaries to buy a printing press? (2009-03-08)
... that bishop David of Basra was one of the first Christian missionaries to India, circa 300 CE? (2009-03-10)
... that Smith Clove Meetinghouse in Highland Mills, New York, is the oldest religious building in the town and village of Woodbury? (2009-03-11)
... that Isabella Gilmore reestablished the female diaconate in the Anglican Communion? (2009-03-15)
... that Romanus, the second Bishop of Rochester, drowned in the Mediterranean Sea? (2009-03-18)
... that for the first four decades of its existence, the altar of the Reformed Dutch Church in Bloomingburg, New York, was on the same end as the main entrance? (2009-03-20)
... that Prince George Winyah Episcopal Church in South Carolina has one of the oldest congregations in continuous service? (2009-03-20)
... that Robert E. A. Lee was executive producer of A Time for Burning, a cinéma vérité documentary about efforts to bridge race relations among Lutherans in Omaha, Nebraska? (2009-03-21)
... that record label manager TobyMac pulled his car over to the side of the road when he first heard Christian hip hop artist B. Reith's music? (2009-03-22)
... that the 6th-century St. Augustine Gospels (pictured) is the oldest surviving illustrated Latin Gospel book, but is still regularly used? (2009-03-26)
... that Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbia, South Carolina, is a Gothic revival church designed to resemble York Minster? (2009-03-26)
... that Grammy-nominated CCM musician Ayiesha Woods was the first female to receive a "Producer of the Year" award at the Gospel Music Marlin Awards? (2009-03-31)
... that Old Southeast Church (pictured), north of Brewster, New York, is the oldest house of worship in Putnam County? (2009-04-02)
... that according to the magico-medical text Cyranides, miscarriages caused by female demons such as Gello can be prevented by wearing an aetite as an amulet? (2009-04-06)
... that Cistercian architecture, "counted among the most beautiful relics of the Middle Ages", was made possible by the Cistercian Order's innovativeness and skill as metallurgists? (2009-04-12)
... that ChristianCinema.com gives filmmakers a place to submit screening copies of their work with the possibility of being distributed and promoted by the website? (2009-04-13)
... that in 1908, the newly built St John the Evangelist's Church (pictured) became the parish church of Preston Village in Brighton, England, after the 13th-century St Peter's Church was seriously damaged by fire? (2009-04-15)
... that Gideon Byamugisha was the first religious leader in Africa to publicly announce that he was HIV positive? (2009-04-16)
... that several abolitionist come-outers put on trial in Barnstable, Massachusetts in 1851 were called "poor deluded beings" in The Barnstable Patriot? (2009-04-22)
... that the Qedarites, a prominent Arab tribal confederation between the 8th and 4th centuries BC, were named after the second son of Ishmael named Qedar? (2009-04-24)
... that Yellowstone's annual Christmas in July celebration may have become Christmas in August because of Warren Ost's ministry A Christian Ministry in the National Parks? (2009-04-25)
... that the National Bible Bee has the largest cash prize of any Bible Quiz? (2009-04-27)
... that angels wielding firearms (example pictured) are typical of early Latin American art? (2009-04-28)
... that Islam and Protestantism have an early history of mutual support against Catholicism, and share some common attitudes to faith, such as textual criticism and iconoclasm? (2009-05-01)
... that the linguistic works of Daniel Gravius are used by modern scholars to shed light on the society of the 17th-century Siraya people of Taiwan? (2009-05-02)
... that the Indian Fields Methodist Campground in South Carolina has been used for camp meetings and religious gatherings for over 160 years? (2009-05-03)
... that an 1830s newspaper article in Freedom's Journal in favor of the free produce movement determined that the sugar consumption of 25 people required the toil of one slave? (2009-05-04)
... that the encyclical Demandatam was issued in 1743 to ordain the full preservation of the Byzantine Rite in the Melkite Catholic Church? (2009-05-06)
... that Taiwan's first printed newspaper, the Taiwan Church News, was written in Pe̍h-ōe-jī, not Chinese characters? (2009-05-09)
... that a former minister at Hove Methodist Church, England, spoke so forcefully during sermons that Communion cruets would sometimes be sent crashing to the floor? (2009-05-10)
... that a New Man magazine endorsement helped convince Chuck Norris to support Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign? (2009-05-10)
... that Holland Road Baptist Church (pictured) in Hove, England, was paid for by George Congreve, who made his fortune selling tuberculosis elixir? (2009-05-12)
... that radio evangelist "Fighting Bob" Shuler, known for his attacks on politicians and support of the Ku Klux Klan, received 25% of the votes in a 1932 US Senate election in California? (2009-05-12)
... that in Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel The Idiot, Hans Holbein the Younger's The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb (pictured) is said to have the power to make viewers lose their faith? (2009-05-16)
... that Charles Carroll the Settler's attempts to gain office in colonial Maryland led to all Catholics in the colony losing the right to vote? (2009-05-18)
... that the Second Baptist Church is the only Greek Revival church remaining in Poughkeepsie, New York? (2009-05-20)
... that in May 2009, the District of Columbia ruled that Third Church of Christ, Scientist could go forward with demolition of its brutalist-style building? (2009-05-21)
... that Fireflight's song "Unbreakable" was inspired by a fan's question asked on MySpace? (2009-05-23)
... that the Basilica of the Holy Blood in Bruges is world-wide known as the repository of a venerated phial said to contain a cloth with blood of Jesus Christ, brought to the city by Thierry of Alsace after the Second Crusade in the 13th Century (pictured)? (2009-05-24)
... that Pontius of Carthage voluntarily accompanied Cyprian into exile and later wrote his biography? (2009-05-24)
... that the former St Stephen's Church (pictured) in Brighton, England, was built as a tavern ballroom a mile away from its present site? (2009-05-26)
... that remaining papal tombs in the Catacomb of Callixtus were emptied in the ninth century because of a feared Lombard invasion? (2009-05-27)
... that Matthew Mullineux, captain of the 1899 British Lions rugby team, was immortalised in verse by Australian bush poet Banjo Paterson, famed author of Waltzing Matilda? (2009-05-29)
... that Hannah Tracy Cutler wrote an advice column for farm girls before she became president of the American Woman Suffrage Association in 1870? (2009-06-01)
... that New York's Hyde Park Reformed Dutch Church (pictured) secured its original building, a union church, by growing the fastest out of the several denominations that shared it? (2009-06-01)
... that her controversial publishing of The Woman's Bible in the 1890s effectively ended Elizabeth Cady Stanton's further influence in the woman suffrage movement? (2009-06-01)
... that Henri Pinault, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Chengdu, was imprisoned and expelled from China by the Communist Party of China in 1952, but retained his title until 1983? (2009-06-02)
... that Mar Abba I, the Nestorian Catholicos of Seleucia-Ctesiphon from 540 to 552, was a convert from Zoroastrianism? (2009-06-03)
... that Newington Green Unitarian Church has strong ties to political radicalism stretching over 300 years, with Richard Price in the pulpit and Mary Wollstonecraft in the pews? (2009-06-04)
... that Alysa Stanton is the first African American female rabbi? (2009-06-07)
... that following the Grue Church fire on Pentecost 1822 in Solør, Norway, in which at least 113 people perished, a law was passed prescribing that all doors of public buildings must swing outwards? (2009-06-07)
... that St Mark's Church, Brighton was originally planned as a school's private chapel, but served as a public church for nearly 150 years before the school took it over? (2009-06-09)
... that Christ Church, Rossett, Wrexham County Borough, Wales (pictured), was designed in 1886 but not built until 1891–92? (2009-06-10)
... that the former Union Chapel, Brighton's oldest Nonconformist place of worship, was converted into a pub after 300 years of religious use? (2009-06-10)
... that after receiving more than 10,000 protest letters, the editors of the United Methodist Hymnal decided not to eliminate "Onward, Christian Soldiers" from it? (2009-06-16)
... that the 6th-century Church of St. Polyeuctus (remains pictured) in Constantinople was deliberately planned to imitate the Temple of Solomon? (2009-06-19)
... that the Baroque church of Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio a Trevi (pictured), which houses the hearts of 25 popes, was presented to the Bulgarian Orthodox Church by Pope John Paul II? (2009-06-19)
... that in the churchyard of St Peter's Church, Ardingly, West Sussex, one gravestone depicts angels watching a skeleton stabbing a woman with a lance? (2009-06-22)
... that before St Wilfrid's Church was built, Anglicans in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, had to worship in the loft of a carpenter's workshop? (2009-06-22)
... that Bible translations in the Middle Ages were rare because "the vernacular appeared simply and totally inadequate" for such a prestigious work? (2009-06-23)
... that the current minister at the First Presbyterian Church in Marcellus, New York, was ordained in 1956? (2009-06-25)
... that Saint Afan's Church, Llanafan (pictured), near Aberystwyth, Wales, was originally founded by Saint Afan in the 6th century? (2009-06-25)
... that St Deiniol's Church, Hawarden, Wales, contains monuments to W. E. Gladstone, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, and his family? (2009-06-26)
... that Bishop Aloisius Muench (pictured, center), the liaison between the Vatican and the U.S. post-war occupation authority in Germany, referred to the latter as "other Hitlers in disguise"? (2009-06-27)
... that the first patron of St Mary's Church, Mold (pictured) was Lady Margaret Beaufort, the mother of Henry VII? (2009-06-28)
... that typical subjects for late medieval Andachtsbilder include the Pietà, Pensive Christ, Man of Sorrows and Arma Christi, and the Veil of Veronica? (2009-06-29)
... that the 11th century medieval tractate De Iniusta Vexacione Willelmi Episcopi Primi is the first surviving detailed account of an English state-trial? (2009-07-01)
... that several popes of the Byzantine Papacy (534–752) were forced to wait months for the approval of the Byzantine emperor before consecration? (2009-07-02)
... that the poet R. S. Thomas was rector of St Michael's Church, Manafon, (pictured) in Powys, Wales, between 1942 and 1954? (2009-07-03)
... that Robert Keable's 1921 novel Simon Called Peter propelled him to prominence when it sold 600,000 copies, was cited in a double murder trial, and referenced in The Great Gatsby? (2009-07-08)
... that a new porch at St Matthew's Church, Buckley (pictured) in Flintshire, Wales, was paid for by the vicar's wife with money made from publishing letters to her from John Ruskin? (2009-07-08)
... that Pope Pius XII's retention of Cesare Orsenigo (pictured left, with Hitler and von Ribbentrop) as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany is a "chief point of criticism" of his response to the Holocaust? (2009-07-09)
... that in 1937, members of a boy's club in Haywards Heath, West Sussex, demolished their own hut to allow St Richard's Church to be built on the site? (2009-07-11)
... that nobody knows what happened to the bishopric of Hexham after Tidfrith? (2009-07-12)
... that the 13th-century Hanging Chapel in Langport has been a town hall, grammar school, museum and armoury before becoming a masonic hall? (2009-07-13)
... that in 1861, plans to build St John the Evangelist's Church closer to Burgess Hill town centre than first agreed caused local landowners to place a newspaper advert with their strong objections? (2009-07-14)
... that King Kot aMweeky of the Kuba Kingdom told his people that William Henry Sheppard (pictured) was his deceased son, in order to spare Sheppard's life? (2009-07-16)
... that St Mary's Church in Sompting—one of 26 extant places of worship in the Adur district of West Sussex—has an 11th-century tower with the only Rhenish helm (pictured) in England? (2009-07-19)
... that the now defunct Heritage Christian School in Hillsboro, Oregon, once held a chariot race? (2009-07-19)
... that Robert Leiber, Jesuit adviser to Pope Pius XII, advised Bishop Alois Hudal that he should think of his plan for a "ratline" for fascists escaping Europe as a "crusade"? (2009-07-19)
... that during the first recording session of Sanctus Real's album The Face of Love, the studio was 90° F and "nobody wanted to be there"? (2009-07-22)
... that St Julian's Church in Kingston Buci, West Sussex, has the well-preserved remains of an anchorite's cell (hagioscope pictured), in which a hermit would have been walled up for life? (2009-07-26)
... that All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is one of the largest Unitarian Universalist congregations in the world? (2009-07-28)
... that the first newspaper in Hawaii was printed by students of Lorrin Andrews in 1834, on a printing press brought to the islands in 1820? (2009-07-29)
... that in 1904 the whitewash was removed from the west wall of St. George's church, Trotton leading to the discovery of an unprecedented 600-year-old wall painting? (2009-07-29)
... that in 1941, the tower at St Michael and All Angels Church, Southwick, West Sussex (pictured) was wrecked by an unexploded bomb which was found embedded in the churchyard two years later? (2009-07-31)
... that descendants of 17th-century members of the congregation of the Vrouwekerk, a medieval church in Leiden, the Netherlands, include four U.S. presidents? (2009-08-01)
... that the first steeple of the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York, collapsed a year after it was built because slate roofing was substituted for the tin in Minard Lafever's design? (2009-08-02)
... that on Reek Sunday, in a tradition of the past 1,500 years, thousands of people from across the world have embarked on an annual national pilgrimage up Croagh Patrick, some barefoot? (2009-08-03)
... that Pope Pius XII's 1942 Christmas address was interpreted differently throughout Europe by contemporaries and remains a "lightning rod" of historical interpretations? (2009-08-06)
... that Pinchas Lapide's Three Popes and the Jews controversially claims that Pius XII saved 860,000 Jews from The Holocaust? (2009-08-06)
... that the Chapel of St Non in Pembrokeshire is unusual in that it is aligned north / south rather than the usual east / west? (2009-08-09)
... that Lyman Hall established the first textile engineering school in the Southern United States in 1899 while president of the Georgia Institute of Technology? (2009-08-12)
... that of three churches in Shoreham held by the Lord of Bramber in the 11th century, one partly collapsed in a storm, another is now part of a barn, and the other has carvings of King Stephen, his wife, and a cat? (2009-08-13)
... that President Truman's own pastor came out publicly against his appointment of General Mark Wayne Clark (pictured) as ambassador to Pope Pius XII? (2009-08-13)
... that the literary works of Romanian teacher and defrocked Orthodox priest Ion Creangă (pictured) range from primers to erotic stories? (2009-08-14)
... that black Baptist minister and former slave R. H. Boyd had so much success in religious publishing that it caused a split in his denomination? (2009-08-15)
... that during World War I, U.S. YMCA worker and preacher William Howard Hoople sailed to France to serve on the front lines as an entertainer? (2009-08-15)
... that St. Thomas of Villanova Church (pictured), upon its completion in 1887, was likely the tallest man-made structure between the Delaware River and Lancaster, Pennsylvania? (2009-08-16)
... that the Lewes Free Presbyterian Church, affiliated with Ian Paisley's Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster, occupies a listed building that was formerly a Strict Baptist chapel? (2009-08-22)
... that the variety of places of worship in the district of Lewes, England, reflect its long tradition of Protestant Nonconformism? (2009-08-22)
... that Tien Ang Tong is the first Methodist church built in China that provided services in the English language? (2009-09-03)
... that in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Hale, Cheshire, England, is the grave of John Middleton, who was reputed to have been over 9 feet (3 m) tall? (2009-09-05)
... that William of Pagula's book Oculus Sacerdotis, intended to be a manual for parish priests, was written in such a way that many of the priests couldn't read it? (2009-09-07)
American Christian Television System (article's talk page missing blurb) (2009-09-08)
... that Faith Bible High School in Hillsboro, Oregon, closed for a day after a student received a threatening message on AOL Instant Messenger? (2009-09-08)
... that the religious Vision Interfaith Satellite Network evolved into the Hallmark Channel? (2009-09-08)
... that Pope Constantine, in 711, was the last pope to visit Constantinople for over 1250 years? (2009-09-09)
... that American theologian Jonathan Edwards argued that God's purpose in creating the world was not human happiness but His own glory in his 1765 work A Dissertation Concerning the End for Which God Created the World? (2009-09-10)
... that the Church of St Matthew and St James in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, is described in the Buildings of England series as "one of the best Victorian churches in Liverpool"? (2009-09-14)
... that the removal of an icon of Christ from the Chalke, the main ceremonial entrance to the Great Palace of Constantinople, marked the beginning of the Byzantine Iconoclasm? (2009-09-18)
... that James A. Kowalski, dean of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, had a Roman Catholic father and a Jewish mother, but they joined the Episcopal Church when they started a family? (2009-09-19)
... that the tomb of Pope John V was destroyed in the Sack of Rome in 846 AD, centuries before nearly all of the remainder of the papal tombs in Old St. Peter's Basilica were demolished? (2009-09-22)
... that the First Presbyterian Church of Redmond, Oregon, is the city's oldest church? (2009-09-28)
... that a pastor of the First Congregational Church in Long Beach, California, vowed to defy an order to block homeless people from sleeping on the church steps? (2009-09-29)
... that the ancient wall paintings in Coombes Church in West Sussex include a man grimacing as he holds up the 30-inch (76 cm)-thick chancel arch? (2009-09-30)
... that the Christian music industry was the fastest growing segment of the music industry in the 1990s? (2009-10-03)
... that Abba Garima Monastery, located near Adwa, Ethiopia, contains the crown of the Emperor Zara Yaqob of the Solomonic dynasty? (2009-10-04)
... that the married Western Ukrainian Clergy became a hereditary caste that dominated western Ukrainian society? (2009-10-06)
... that the Rev. George W. Bridges libelled anti-slavery activists Escoffery and Lecesne when he said they wanted to "sheath their daggers in the breasts of their white inhabitants"? (2009-10-07)
... that Archbishop Leon Tourian was assassinated in a Manhattan church on Christmas Eve, 1933, for his refusal to publicly support independent Armenia? (2009-10-07)
... that the three high crosses at Monasterboice—including Muiredach's High Cross (pictured)—have been described as possibly Ireland's greatest contribution to European sculpture? (2009-10-08)
... that Eugenio Pacelli's (future Pope Pius XII) 1936 visit was planned, in part, to investigate and silence Catholic priest and New Deal opponent Charles Coughlin? (2009-10-09)
... that a church in Worthing, England (pictured), has the world's only known replica of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, hand-painted at two-thirds scale by an untrained artist? (2009-10-09)
... that by the 17th century, the Norman church of St James the Less (pictured) in Lancing, West Sussex was so dilapidated that birds were nesting and pigeons were breeding inside? (2009-10-09)
... that in his account of "Christian expeditions" into China (first published in 1615), Matteo Ricci strongly criticized feng shui practices? (2009-10-14)
... that 19th-century smugglers in Worthing, West Sussex, England, were known to store their contraband in table-tombs at West Tarring's St Andrew's Church (pictured)? (2009-10-18)
... that Hawaiian Chiefess Kapiʻolani's walk into an active volcano in 1824 was the subject of a poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson? (2009-10-25)
... that the exact location of the city of Cialis, where Bento de Góis became convinced in 1605 that Cathay is China, has been a subject of debate among later historians? (2009-10-28)
... that Fort Anjediva (pictured) built on Anjadip Island, under the jurisdiction of Goa, India, formerly under Portuguese rule, is in the vicinity of the Church of Our Lady of Springs built in 1505 AD? (2009-10-29)
... that church services may be held in Serbia under the crown of a zapis, a large oak with a cross inscribed into its bark, sacred for the village at which it is situated? (2009-10-30)
... that a 1767 gravestone at St Mary's Church, Walberton shows the victim crushed under a tree, as a laughing skeleton and scythe-wielding Father Time look on? (2009-10-31)
... that St. Paul’s Church, Diu is considered to be one of the best examples of baroque architecture in India? (2009-11-01)
... that during a 19th-century restoration of the Parish Church of Saint Mary in North Leigh, Oxfordshire, England, a 15th-century Doom painting was uncovered in the nave? (2009-11-04)
... that a missionary brought the first trees of Kona coffee to Kealakekua Church in 1828? (2009-11-06)
... that in 1914, the sound of the bells of St. Mary's Church, Southampton inspired Douglas Furber to write the song The Bells of St. Mary's, later made famous by Bing Crosby? (2009-11-07)
... that St. Michael's Church, Southampton, England was founded in 1070? (2009-11-07)
... that on May 21, 1961, Martin Luther King, Jr. sat in the basement of the Montgomery, Alabama First Baptist Church (pictured), besieged by thousands, urging Robert F. Kennedy to desegregate interstate travel? (2009-11-08)
... that DeWitt Clinton's 1798 deed of land to New York's Hartford Baptist Church was not recorded with Washington County until 1932? (2009-11-09)
... that missionary John D. Paris (pictured) had one of his churches occupied by a self-proclaimed prophet who predicted the end of the world in 1868? (2009-11-11)
... that the cult of the Sussex martyrs (pictured) is said to have been started by Mark Lower using James Hurdis's etching of Richard Woodman and nine others burning to death? (2009-11-12)
... that the documentary film Collision spotlights several days of debate between prominent atheist Christopher Hitchens and conservative theologian Douglas Wilson? (2009-11-13)
... that Holyrood Church, Southampton (pictured) was destroyed in November 1940 during the Southampton Blitz, but is now dedicated as a memorial to the sailors of the Merchant Navy? (2009-11-14)
... that early Christian writers Jerome and Orosius believed that Philip the Arab, not Constantine the Great, was the first Christian Roman emperor? (2009-11-15)
... that Maesyronnen Chapel in Powys, Wales, was one of the earliest Nonconformist chapels to be built in the country, and that it is still in use as a chapel? (2009-11-16)
... that St Thomas Church, located at Palayoor, Kerala, was established in 52 AD by St. Thomas, one of the twelve close disciples of Jesus Christ? (2009-11-18)
... that the mediaeval wall paintings in the church of St Peter ad Vincula, South Newington, Oxfordshire, are considered to be "of a nature seldom found in a parish church" and include the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket (pictured)? (2009-11-20)
... that Rouffach's Notre-Dame de l'Assomption Church (pictured) was built between the 11th and the 19th century, but is still unfinished? (2009-11-20)
... that the crematory at the Oahu Cemetery in Hawaii was used to burn $200 million in U.S. bank notes after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941? (2009-11-22)
... that once Li Yingshi, a decorated veteran of the Korean War of 1592–1598, converted to Catholicism, it took him and two Jesuits three days to find and burn all the prohibited books in his library? (2009-11-23)
... that Charles Darwin was a friend of his local vicar, the Reverend John Brodie-Innes? (2009-11-24)
... that St. Mary's Church, South Stoneham (pictured) is one of the two remaining medieval churches in the city of Southampton, England, with parts of the building dating from the 12th century? (2009-11-24)
... that Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights secretary Lola Hendricks applied personally to public safety commissioner Bull Connor for permission to demonstrate in Birmingham, Alabama, during the 1963 Birmingham Campaign? (2009-11-26)
... that ordinary salt may be blessed by Catholic priests and used as a protective sacramental? (2009-11-27)
... that Launcelot Percival was an England international rugby union player before becoming Deputy Clerk of the Closet to George VI of the United Kingdom? (2009-11-29)
... that Christian references in Islamic art include the Annunciation, the birth of Jesus and his baptism? (2009-11-30)
... that the clock (pictured) on St. Nicolas' Church, North Stoneham, Hampshire, England, has only one hand? (2009-11-30)
... that the Los Angeles Times wrote that a motorist passing the playground at Precious Blood Church (pictured) might think "he'd been transported to a Catholic school in circa-1950s Chicago or Pittsburgh"? (2009-12-01)
... that a 1999 fire in St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church caused an estimated $1.2 million in damage? (2009-12-05)
... that St George's Church, Worthing established three mission chapels in the town, including a tiny hut jokingly known as "The Cathedral"? (2009-12-07)
... that in 1999, Robyn Regehr made his National Hockey League debut with the Calgary Flames less than four months after breaking both legs in a car accident that doctors feared would end his career? (2009-12-09)
... that Jody Trautwein, who attempted to convert Sasha Baron Cohen's character Brüno from his gay lifestyle, recently ran for mayor of Birmingham, Alabama? (2009-12-12)
... that opponents of Hans Feibusch's "violently masculine and brutal" Christ in Majesty mural at St Mary's Church, Goring-by-Sea took their case to a consistory court? (2009-12-16)
... that Worthing Tabernacle, in West Sussex, reputedly obtained its first organ from Tudor fortress Walmer Castle? (2009-12-16)
... that the 2009 television movie A Dog Named Christmas was based on a novel by Greg Kincaid, who said his family hated the story when he originally wrote it? (2009-12-25)
... that Christmas cookies can trace their origin to recipes from Medieval Europe? (2009-12-25)
... that the Peace Candle (pictured), a 106-foot tower-like structure erected each Christmas season in Easton, Pennsylvania, is said to be the largest non-wax Christmas candle in the United States? (2009-12-25)
... that at 42 meters tall, the Schlitz Christmas Candle in Schlitz, Germany, is believed to be the tallest non-wax candle in the world? (2009-12-25)
... that the 1913 film Scrooge was the first time that British actor Seymour Hicks played the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in film, the other being in 1935? (2009-12-25)
... that the 1901 film Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost is the oldest surviving film adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1843 novel A Christmas Carol? (2009-12-25)
... that The Dog Who Saved Christmas won a "Yulie" on Entertainment Weekly's Popwatch column for "Best Use of Dean Cain"? (2009-12-25)
David Belden Lyman (article's talk page missing blurb) (2009-12-29)
... that the Ottonian jewelled Cross of Lothair of about 1000 AD has at its centre an ancient Roman cameo of the Emperor Augustus (pictured)? (2010-01-05)
... that the body of Saint Eadnoth was stolen by the monks of Ely Abbey while the guards taking it to Ramsey Abbey were drunk? (2010-01-06)
... that Norwegian Christian Aug. Thoring tried several times to become mayor of Rogaland County, but lost out to Beint Bentsen in 1975, John S. Tveit in 1979 and Lars Vaage in 1983? (2010-01-07)
... that Rev. Elias Bond (1813–1896) used proceeds from a Hawaiian sugar plantation to fund his church and a girls' seminary? (2010-01-08)
... that the bronze Gniezno Doors, of about 1175, are the only Romanesque doors in Europe decorated with scenes from the life of a saint (his murder pictured)? (2010-01-08)
... that prior to the 10th century in Western art, no attempt was made to portray God the Father in terms of a human form? (2010-01-08)
... that the Minuscule 536 is one of the manuscripts purchased by philanthropist Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814–1906)? (2010-01-10)
... that Billfrith, the Northumbrian saint whose name appears in the Durham Liber Vitae, is credited with providing the original gold, silver and jewel ornamentation for the Lindisfarne Gospels? (2010-01-11)
... that next to the 19th-century St Botolph's Church in Heene, West Sussex, stand the "somewhat scanty" remains of its 13th-century predecessor? (2010-01-15)
... that one of Bodley's Librarians at Oxford University had been in the King's African Rifles, another wrote about French anarchy, another had sixteen siblings, another used boys for routine library tasks, and another later died of a "surfeit of cherries"? (2010-01-16)
... that St Andrew's Church (pictured) in Worthing, West Sussex, stood unused for two years after its completion as controversy raged over the "Worthing Madonna"? (2010-01-16)
... that the medieval chronicler Matthew Paris accused the medieval bishop Hugh of Wells (d. 1235) of being biased against monks, calling him "an untiring persecutor of monks"? (2010-01-17)
... that Isaac Crewdson's book A Beacon to the Society of Friends triggered a split in the Quakers which was like a "volcanic explosion"? (2010-01-19)
... that during the Cultural Revolution, after the crosses of St. Michael's Cathedral (pictured) in Qingdao were cut from its steeples by the Red Guard, they were buried by loyal Catholics to protect them? (2010-01-20)
... that Manchester United Methodist Church in St. Louis, Missouri, originally had separate doors for men and women? (2010-01-22)
... that St Symphorian's Church in Durrington, West Sussex, was wrecked during the English Civil War by Parliamentarian villagers, who disliked their rector's Royalist views and unintelligible preaching? (2010-01-24)
... that Minuscule 543, a manuscript of the four Gospels, has additional non-biblical material – Limits of the Five Patriarchates? (2010-01-27)
... that Samuel Fox helped start the first free adult school in Britain, at Nottingham in 1798? (2010-01-27)
... that the last two buildings used by the Makawao Union Church were built atop the foundation of a 19th-century sugarcane mill in Maui, Hawaii? (2010-01-28)
... that in Early Medieval art Christ treading on the beasts (pictured) often showed Christ trampling on a lion, asp, basilisk and dragon, all representing the devil? (2010-01-31)
... that Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, is opening a law school in Boise, Idaho? (2010-01-31)
... that all of early 14th century Europe was consecrated under the protection of Our Lady of Europe (statue pictured) in Gibraltar where devotion has continued for over 700 years? (2010-02-01)
... that images of the infant Jesus in Mexico (pictured) can be dressed as Aztecs, football players, and even drug traffickers? (2010-02-04)
... that the crux gemmata or "jeweled cross" was used to represent the New Jerusalem and the Tree of Life in Early Christian and Medieval art? (2010-02-05)
... that Dwight Baldwin, a 19th-century missionary to Hawaii, is credited with saving hundreds of lives as a physician despite having only an honorary degree in medicine? (2010-02-05)
... that the depictions of fish on the medieval statue of St Christopher in Norton Priory, Cheshire, England, are so realistic that five different species can be identified? (2010-02-12)
... that according to some scholars, Christ's agony at Gethsemane was added to the New Testament to counter docetism? (2010-02-13)
... that the French Gothic Niederhaslach Church in Alsace was plundered in 1525 during the Peasants' War, burnt in 1633 during the Thirty Years' War, and became a slaughterhouse in 1744? (2010-02-15)
... that the 1536 edition of Swenske songer eller wisor is the first preserved hymnal published in the Swedish language? (2010-02-16)
... that the intended occupant of the empty throne (example pictured) may have been Alexander the Great, Buddha, Julius Caesar, or Jesus Christ? (2010-02-17)
... that the Codex Carolinus is one of very few Gothic fragments of the New Testament on parchment that has survived to the present day? (2010-02-18)
... that Franz Anton Knittel deciphered the Gothic text of the palimpsest Codex Carolinus in 1762? (2010-02-18)
... that Minuscule 614 is one of the very few witnesses of the Western text-type with complete text of the Acts of the Apostles? (2010-02-19)
... that the arrest of the Ghassanid ruler Al-Mundhir ibn al-Harith in 581 provoked a two-year revolt by his sons against the Byzantine Empire? (2010-02-23)
... that the oldest surviving translation of the Gospels into English was made at St Mary and St Cuthbert (pictured), Chester-le-Street, England? (2010-02-25)
... that the Church of the East, originally the Christian church of Sassanid Persia, eventually established churches throughout Asia, including in Mesopotamia, India, Central Asia, and China? (2010-02-26)
... that despite serving the Chalcedonian Byzantine Empire, the Ghassanid ruler Al-Harith ibn Jabalah actively contributed to the revival of the monophysitic Syriac Church? (2010-02-28)
... that when Francis Close retired as Dean of Carlisle Cathedral in 1881, he was the oldest dean in the Church of England? (2010-02-28)
... that Minuscule 627 has an unusual order of books, with the Book of Revelation placed between Acts of the Apostles and the general epistles? (2010-03-02)
... that Minuscule 546 was bought by philanthropist Baroness Burdett-Coutts in the 1860s? (2010-03-03)
... that Minuscule 644 was bought by the British Museum from Constantine Simonides, a forger of manuscripts? (2010-03-03)
... that Minuscule 629, the Greek manuscript of the New Testament, contains the Comma Johanneum written by the original scribe? (2010-03-04)
... that the purported paranormal activity in the churchyard of the Chapel of the Cross in Madison, Mississippi, has been featured in two books? (2010-03-05)
... that Mar Papa was the first Catholicos (universal leader) of the Persian Church of the East in the 4th century? (2010-03-05)
... that Molsheim's former Jesuit Church is the principal 17th century church building in the Rhine Valley? (2010-03-06)
... that Minuscule 642, manuscript of the New Testament, was brought from the Greek Archipelago to England by Joseph Carlyle, orientalist? (2010-03-09)
... that the "restrained and dignified" Zion Chapel is the oldest Nonconformist church in East Grinstead—a West Sussex town with a long history of Protestant Nonconformity and alternative religion? (2010-03-09)
... that in 1686 a thunderstorm damaged the Church of St Lawrence, Alton, blasting a hole in the tower (pictured) and singeing the vicar's eyebrows? (2010-03-11)
... that the initial letters in Lectionary 187 are decorated with zoomorphic or anthropomorphic motifs (birds, fishes, hands)? (2010-03-11)
... that the spring inside the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth served as the local water supply for some 3,000 years? (2010-03-14)
... that Ferdinand Poulton, a Jesuit missionary in the Province of Maryland, had his life and mysterious death fictionalized in the 1995 book Mary's Land? (2010-03-16)
... that the Friends of Cathedral Music was formed in 1956 after the Provost of Southwell Minster abolished Saturday choral services to allow the choir men to watch local Association football matches? (2010-03-17)
... that James Long, an Anglican missionary in India, was jailed for publishing the play Nil Darpan? (2010-03-18)
... that the thirty pieces of silver which Judas Iscariot received for betraying Jesus are echoed in Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment by the thirty roubles which Sonia earns for selling herself? (2010-03-21)
... that both Symmachus and Laurentius turned to Theodoric the Great to resolve their disputed succession as pope, the first recorded example of papal simony? (2010-03-22)
... that the phrase "peace on earth, good will to men" derives from the Annunciation to the shepherds (pictured), but reflects a dispute over a single letter in the Greek text of the New Testament? (2010-03-25)
... that the architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner described All Saints Church, Boltongate as "one of the architectural sensations of Cumberland"? (2010-03-26)
... that, during the bombing of Berlin, Minuscule 658, 659 and 661 were sent out of Berlin for safekeeping and were later found in Poland? (2010-03-26)
... that American writer-director Patrick Coyle first publicly showed his 2009 film Into Temptation at the hospice where his father stayed? (2010-03-27)
... that the Protestant church of Jistrum in Friesland was prior to 1581 a Catholic church, when in one week it was stripped by iconoclasts? (2010-03-30)
... that Fletcher Christian, leader of the Mutiny on the Bounty, was baptised in St Bridget's Church, Brigham, England, and that his tomb is in the churchyard? (2010-03-30)
... that between 1836 and 1846, the Congregationalist missionary Edward Stallybrass, who had proselytized in Siberia, published translations of the Old and the New Testament into Mongolian? (2010-03-31)
... that the 13th-century font in Holy Trinity Church, Cuckfield (pictured) reputedly suffered a large crack when a horse, stabled inside the church during the English Civil War, kicked it? (2010-03-31)
... that a landmark court ruling has allowed Limerick pubs to sell alcohol today for the first time on Good Friday? (2010-04-02)
... that a 19th-century vicar of St Mary's Church (pictured) in Slaugham, West Sussex, resolved a dispute about pews by paying some boys to enter the church and to burn them? (2010-04-03)
... that in the churchyard of St Kentigern's Church, Caldbeck, are the graves of John Peel, the subject of D'ye ken John Peel?, and Mary Harrison, the Buttermere Beauty? (2010-04-04)
... that Kawkab America was the first Arabic-language newspaper published in North America? (2010-04-05)
... that sandstone blocks used in the construction of St John's Church, Crosscanonby, Cumbria, England, might originate from a former Roman building? (2010-04-08)
... that the capilla abierta (pictured) is considered one of the most unique construction types from Mexico in the world architecture? (2010-04-09)
... that the Anglo-Danish carved stones in St Mungo's Church, Dearham include a wheel-head cross, the Adam Stone, and the Kenneth Cross? (2010-04-09)
... that the Malankara Rite, a local Indian variant of the West Syrian Rite, contains some elements archaic in the wider West Syrian tradition, such as use of the Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts in Lent? (2010-04-16)
... that Larry Dell Alexander is best known for his Clinton Family Portrait oil painting which he gave to President Bill Clinton in 1995? (2010-04-18)
... that Petersburg Codex Syriac 1 is one of the two extant ancient Syriac manuscripts of the Eusebian Ecclesiastical History? (2010-04-18)
... that, originally a fortified church, St John's Church, Newton Arlosh lay in ruins after the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the 16th century, until it was restored and extended in 1844? (2010-04-18)
... that, according to legend, Osogovo Monastery was spared from destruction by the Ottomans after they were overcome by its spiritual force? (2010-04-19)
... that St. Mary's Church (pictured) in Chesham, England, incorporates a Bronze Age stone circle in its foundations? (2010-04-21)
... that a geological fault and coal mining caused the spire of St Catharine's Church, Scholes to lean and twist? (2010-04-26)
... that St Martin's Church, Brampton, was the only church designed by the Pre-Raphaelite architect Philip Webb? (2010-04-26)
... that Burgess Hill, Hadlow Down, Hastings, Newick, Pell Green, Rye, Shover's Green and Southover in Sussex each have a Grade II-listed former Baptist chapel which has been converted to residential use? (2010-04-27)
... that Lectionary 216 was used by Swainson, English theologian, for his treatise on the Greek Liturgies? (2010-04-29)
... that the Liberation of Saint Peter (pictured) has been described as a recapitulation of the resurrection of Jesus? (2010-04-29)
... that upon seeing a religious service in Wailuku in 1832, Queen Ka'ahumanu asked a congregation to name a church after her? (2010-05-07)
... that Lectionary 220 and Lectionary 223 are written in minuscule letters on parchment leaves? (2010-05-07)
... that co-founder of the Alexander & Baldwin corporation Samuel Thomas Alexander, son of missionary to Hawaii W. P. Alexander, died on the Zambezi River? (2010-05-09)
... that although the Apostles' Creed states that Jesus (pictured) is sitting at the right hand of God the Father, the New Testament also depicts him as standing and walking? (2010-05-13)
... that Lectionary 228 very often interchanges the letters "omicron" and "omega"? (2010-05-19)
... that past and present churches in Hastings, East Sussex, include one in the middle of a wood, one on the beach for the fishermen, one on a "crazy site" and one (pictured) with "a very naughty turret"? (2010-05-21)
... that the cathedral of the Lopushna Monastery (pictured) in northwestern Bulgaria, built in the 1850s, employs vernacular Gothic decorative features? (2010-05-22)
... that Lectionary 226 of the New Testament, in some parts is a palimpsest, contains lessons from the Old Testament? (2010-05-23)
... that the Monza ampullae are metal pilgrimage souvenirs from the Holy Land, dating to circa AD 600, and important in art history for their iconography? (2010-05-23)
... that the medieval English clergyman Ralph Foliot (d. c. 1198) donated 20 books to Hereford Cathedral on his death? (2010-05-24)
... that the 12th-century All Saints Church, Patcham, largely unchanged since the 14th century, was rebuilt or restored four times in a 74-year period from 1824? (2010-05-25)
... that John Law, bishop of Clonfert, Killala and Elphin, was a Second Wrangler? (2010-05-25)
... that Lectionary 239 and Lectionary 240 (pictured) once belonged to the chaplain of George III, then to William Hunter? (2010-05-25)
... that the medieval English monk Adam of Eynsham wrote the Magna Vita Sancti Hugonis, one of the fullest and most trustworthy hagiographies from the Middle Ages? (2010-05-26)
... that Frederick Booth-Tucker of The Salvation Army was awarded the Kaiser-i-Hind medal in 1913 for his work among the poor of India? (2010-05-30)
... that in Jewish mysticism, even angels cannot endure seeing the divine countenance directly? (2010-06-05)
... that the spires of both St Luke's and St Leonards-on-Sea (pictured) United Reformed churches in Hastings, East Sussex, were destroyed in the Great Storm of 1987? (2010-06-05)
... that in his depiction of the Denial of Peter episode (pictured), Rembrandt portrayed Jesus in the distance, his hands bound behind him, turning to look at Peter who faced away from him? (2010-06-06)
... that the evangelist Elijah Cadman originated the idea that The Salvation Army should wear uniforms? (2010-06-06)
... that in Codex Tischendorfianus III (pictured) Gospels of Matthew and Mark are written in minuscule, Gospels of Luke and John in uncial script? (2010-06-09)
... that St Matthew's Church in Silverhill, East Sussex, was meant to have a large tower with a tall spire, but when money ran out only a small flèche was built? (2010-06-11)
... that St Michael's Church in Guiting Power, Gloucestershire, (pictured) was formerly in the middle of the village but, due to demolition of buildings, it now stands at its southern end? (2010-06-11)
... that although the Welsh church of St Pabo, Llanbabo has a 14th-century monument to Pabo Post Prydain, its supposed 5th-century founder, there is no good evidence that he founded the church? (2010-06-12)
... that the crypt of St. Paulinskirche (pictured) in Trier allegedly contains the remains of approximately one dozen of the martyred soldiers of the legendary Theban Legion? (2010-06-13)
... that First Presbyterian Church 1793 is the de facto college church of Washington & Jefferson College, a nearby nonsectarian liberal arts college? (2010-06-16)
... that the 16th-century chancel window of the Welsh church of St Cristiolus, Llangristiolus, has been described as "almost too big to fit" in the east wall? (2010-06-16)
... that the earliest record of St James' Church, Longborough, Gloucestershire (pictured), is in 1192 when a priest was murdered in the church? (2010-06-18)
... that while the 19th-century writer Samuel Lewis described the Welsh church of St Mary, Tal-y-llyn (pictured) as "a small edifice of no interest", it is now one of the most highly rated listed buildings in the country? (2010-06-18)
... that the Welsh church of St Peulan, Llanbeulan, is said to have been founded by St Peulan, the son of St Paulinus? (2010-06-18)
... that the Welsh church of St Iestyn, Llaniestyn, contains a 12th-century font and a 14th-century memorial effigy to St Iestyn? (2010-06-20)
... that the land for the first Holy Trinity Church in Morecambe, Lancashire, was bequeathed by the village blacksmith? (2010-06-22)
... that Josephology is a modern theological study of Saint Joseph (pictured) and one of the most recent theological disciplines? (2010-06-23)
... that the church dedicated to St Cwyllog in Llangwyllog, Anglesey, Wales, has a rare surviving Georgian triple-decker pulpit? (2010-06-23)
... that St Stephen and All Martyrs' Church, Lever Bridge, Bolton, Greater Manchester, was the first of three "pot churches" designed by Edmund Sharpe? (2010-06-24)
... that some Anglo-Saxon churches, such as St Peter's Church, Barton-upon-Humber, were originally built with towers for naves? (2010-06-25)
... that in 1565 "commissioners for removing superstitious ornaments" took various idolatrous items from the first chapel on the site of Holy Trinity Church, Horwich, in Greater Manchester? (2010-06-28)
... that Protestant Reformation in Italy was significantly hindered by the strong influence of the Roman Catholic Church? (2010-06-28)
... that St Oswald's Church, Warton, Lancashire (pictured), has connections with the ancestors of George Washington? (2010-06-28)
... that the Anglican church in Amlwch, Wales, named after St Eleth, was built in 1800 with money derived from copper mining at nearby Parys Mountain? (2010-06-30)
... that the tower of the older Church of St Saviour, Ringley, Greater Manchester, was left in an isolated position when the present church was built on a different site? (2010-06-30)
... that the uncial letters of the Codex Nanianus represent the last stage before the introduction of compressed uncials? (2010-06-30)
... that all the internal fittings of Cote Baptist Church in Oxfordshire (pictured) date from 1869? (2010-07-04)
... that Walpole Old Chapel (pictured) in Suffolk, now redundant, was originally a farmhouse? (2010-07-05)
... that Codex Glazier, Coptic manuscript of Book of Acts, is very close textually to the Greek manuscript Codex Bezae? (2010-07-07)
... that after the six year study A Christian reflection on the New Age, the Catholic Church rejected all that is close to the New Age? (2010-07-10)
... that the Congregational Chapel of Nantwich, Cheshire, was founded in 1780 by a former captain of the dragoons preaching in a coachmaker's shop? (2010-07-10)
... that it is reputed that Salem Chapel, East Budleigh, Devon, was involved with smuggling during the 18th and 19th centuries? (2010-07-10)
... that when Methodist George Whitefield preached in Nantwich, Cheshire, a mob tried to disperse his audience with a bull, but a Methodist Chapel (pictured) later became the town's largest chapel? (2010-07-10)
... that Coanwood Friends Meeting House in Northumberland has not been modified since it was built in 1760, other than replacing its thatched roof with slates? (2010-07-11)
... that the praetorium site of the Pilate's Court is believed to be either Antonia Fortress or the Palace of Herod? (2010-07-11)
... that depictions of the Resurrection of Jesus in Christian art (example pictured) in the Eastern Church never depict the actual moment of resurrection? (2010-07-11)
... that during the early Middle Ages the Gothic rulers in Western Europe established their own (Arian) churches alongside the Roman churches of their subjects? (2010-07-12)
... that although St Benet's Chapel, Netherton, Liverpool, was built in 1793, when Catholics were free to worship openly, it was concealed behind the presbytery? (2010-07-13)
... that Bethesda Methodist Chapel in Hanley, Staffordshire, now redundant, has been known as the "Cathedral of the Potteries"? (2010-07-15)
... that in the 1650s the Patriarch of Antioch Macarios III Zaim played a large part in the liturgical reforms of the Russian Patriarch Nikon which led to the Raskol schism? (2010-07-15)
... that Codex Vaticanus 2061, a double palimpsest, contains some parts of the New Testament, homilies of several authors, and Strabon's Geographica? (2010-07-16)
... that in 2003, the Jehovah's Witnesses Association of Romania became the first religious group granted official state recognition since just after the Romanian Revolution of 1989? (2010-07-16)
... that the Dissenters' Chapel in Kensal Green Cemetery, London, was the first purpose-built Nonconformist chapel to be built in a public cemetery in England? (2010-07-17)
... that Todmorden Unitarian Church in West Yorkshire was built in memory of "Honest John" Fielden, and paid for by his three sons? (2010-07-18)
... that while John Fawcett was minister of Wainsgate Baptist Church in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, he wrote the words of the hymn Blessed Be the Tie that Binds? (2010-07-18)
... that between the Reformation, when it became redundant, and the mid-19th century, when it was restored, Longworth Chapel in Herefordshire was used for cider making? (2010-07-21)
... that the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Blackpool, Lancashire, was built as a thanksgiving for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster being relatively undamaged in the Second World War? (2010-07-21)
... that the redundant Umberslade Baptist Church (pictured) near Hockley Heath, Solihull, West Midlands, is the sole survivor among grand chapels associated with the rise of Birmingham Nonconformity? (2010-07-21)
... that U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Graham Martin held George W. Webber implicitly responsible for a mortar attack that killed 32 South Vietnamese children? (2010-07-22)
... that the Historic Chapels Trust preserves 18 redundant churches in England? (2010-07-22)
... that Emperor Alexander III of Russia provided funding for the construction of a Russian Orthodox church on Bredgade in Copenhagen at the behest of his Danish-born empress? (2010-07-26)
... that Codex Cyprius is one of the very few uncial manuscripts with the complete text of the four Gospels? (2010-07-27)
... that St Leonard's Church, Spernall, Warwickshire, now redundant, is the only church to have been owned by the Ancient Monuments Society? (2010-07-29)
... that some of the money for the repair of the tower of St Mary Magdalene's Church, Boveney, Buckinghamshire (pictured) was raised from the proceeds of choir concerts at nearby Eton College? (2010-07-29)
... that St Mary's Church, Hardmead, Buckinghamshire, contains a memorial to Robert Shedden, who died in 1849 after an unsuccessful expedition to find Sir John Franklin? (2010-07-29)
... that the Ethiopian Garima Gospels (pictured) was redated by radiocarbon testing to between 330 and 650, making it one of the oldest illuminated Christian manuscripts in the world? (2010-07-30)
... that the foundations of the redundant church of St Andrew, Woodwalton, Cambridgeshire, (pictured) are moving and it is closed to visitors? (2010-07-31)
... that St John the Baptist's Church, Papworth St Agnes, Cambridgeshire, is constructed in alternating blocks of limestone and fieldstones, forming a chequerboard pattern? (2010-08-02)
... that Nikolaus Pevsner stated that the crocketed and canopied stoup in the porch of St Mary Magdalene's Church, Caldecote, Hertfordshire, is unique? (2010-08-02)
... that the nave of St Mary's Church, Mundon, Essex, is constructed in stone, the chancel in brick, the aisle is timber-framed, the belfry is weatherboarded, and the roofs are tiled? (2010-08-02)
... that a 1960s-era church in Brighton, England, was demolished after just 20 years because it had been built with dangerous high-alumina cement? (2010-08-03)
... that Shkodër Cathedral suffered damage during the Siege of Shkodër by the Montenegrin army in 1912–13? (2010-08-03)
... that Tuxlith Chapel, a redundant church in Milland, West Sussex, was one of the first churches to be owned by the Friends of Friendless Churches? (2010-08-04)
... that the ethnographic collection of Swedish missionary Karl Edvard Laman and his wife included 12 human skulls? (2010-08-05)
... that modern Pentecostalism and its offshoots developed from events in North Carolina and Tennessee during the late 19th century known as the Latter Rain Movement? (2010-08-05)
... that Father Charles Beirne, S.J., advised the United States on Latin American affairs while serving as vice president of Universidad Centroamericana in El Salvador? (2010-08-06)
... that the German Catholic magazine Hochland, founded by Carl Muth in 1903, published regular contributions by historians Theodor Schieffer and Heinrich Lützeler, and philosopher Peter Wust? (2010-08-06)
... that, unlike many other monasteries and churches of the time, Marko's Monastery experienced almost no damage after Skopje fell under Ottoman rule? (2010-08-07)
... that the world's Christian population is growing slightly faster than the world's population? (2010-08-08)
... that the Chantry Chapel of St Mary the Virgin, Wakefield on the medieval bridge over the River Calder is the oldest and most ornate of the surviving bridge chapels in England? (2010-08-11)
... that the 1901 Socialist candidate for Governor of New Jersey, Charles H. Vail (pictured), was a Universalist clergyman? (2010-08-11)
... that St Peter and St Leonard's Church, Horbury (pictured) was paid for by John Carr, a former Lord Mayor of York? (2010-08-11)
... that an "exact replica" of the Temple of Solomon called the Templo de Salomão is being built in Brazil? (2010-08-14)
... that the altarpiece of the Santa Veracruz Church in Mexico City is said to contain a splinter of the original cross of Jesus, authenticated by the Vatican? (2010-08-17)
... that street pastors were founded to confront gang culture in UK cities, and are now known for handing out flip-flops to tottering clubbers? (2010-08-17)
... that the First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Los Angeles (pictured) has a congregation of more than 19,000 members? (2010-08-19)
... that in the Cathedral of Mayagüez (pictured), Segundo Ruiz Belvis and Ramón Emeterio Betances bought, baptized and emancipated thousands of black slave children? (2010-08-21)
... that a work based on legends from the Regina Coeli Church in Mexico City was performed by the "Fenix Novohispano" National Theater Company? (2010-08-21)
... that the tower of St Andrew's Church, Bywell, Northumberland, was built in about 850 as a defensive structure? (2010-08-21)
... that Lawrence (illustrated), Prior of Durham, composed a life of the Irish saint Brigid? (2010-08-22)
... that Lectionary 269 represents the Byzantine text-type in its early stage? (2010-08-22)
... that there is a legend that the body of Saint Oswald, king of Northumbria, rested on the present site of St Oswald's Church, Kirk Sandall, South Yorkshire, after his death in 642? (2010-08-22)
... that the font dating from about 1300 in St John's Church, Throapham, South Yorkshire, depicts human faces from the three continents that were known at the time of its carving? (2010-08-23)
... that the lintel over the doorway of Holy Trinity Church, Coverham, North Yorkshire, consists of a re-used Anglo-Saxon cross shaft? (2010-08-25)
... that the 11th-century church of San Giovanni del Toro in Ravello, Italy, has a pulpit with Arabic script and motifs which influenced the Dutch artist M.C. Escher? (2010-08-25)
... that the Church of La Soledad in Mexico City has been the site for an annual commemoration for sex workers? (2010-08-27)
... that St George's Church, Little Thetford, is a 14th century Anglican church in the village of Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire, England, which was struck by lightning in 1886 and required extensive rebuilding? (2010-08-27)
... that the ground near Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis was frozen to protect the church during 1960s freeway construction? (2010-08-29)
... that the first permanent Baptist church in the history of Baptists in Alabama was originally named West Fork of Flint River Church? (2010-08-30)
... that Deusdedit of Canterbury (d. 664), a medieval Archbishop of Canterbury was the first non-Italian Archbishop of Canterbury? (2010-08-31)
... that Catholics in the Dutch Republic were allowed to build clandestine churches as long as they were not visible to Protestants? (2010-09-01)
... that a riot ensued when a Catholic rang the bell of St. Martin's Church, Biberach during a Protestant wedding? (2010-09-01)
... that the redundant Church of St John the Baptist, Stanwick, North Yorkshire, (pictured) stands within the earthworks of a settlement originating in the early Iron Age? (2010-09-02)
... that Holy Trinity Church, Wensley, North Yorkshire, contains a screen moved from Easby Abbey at the Dissolution of the Monasteries? (2010-09-05)
... that the 1876 clock on the east face of the tower of St James Church, Stretham, is by JB Joyce & Co of Whitchurch, Shropshire, the oldest firm of tower clockmakers in the world? (2010-09-06)
... that St Mary's Church, Lead, North Yorkshire (pictured), is known locally as the Ramblers' Church because it was saved in the 1930s by a local group of ramblers? (2010-09-07)
... that the art historian Nikolaus Pevsner described St Peter's Church, Wintringham, as "the most rewarding church in the East Riding"? (2010-09-07)
... that Vistula delta Mennonites founded the first Russian Mennonite settlement in Chortitza in 1789? (2010-09-07)
... that the alabaster monuments in All Saints' Church, Harewood, West Yorkshire, comprise the largest collection of such monuments in an English parish church within the dates 1419–1510? (2010-09-08)
... that the first five columns of Lectionary 283, a Greek manuscript of New Testament gospel lessons housed at the Biblioteca Communale in Siena, are written in gold? (2010-09-08)
... that the chancel and a chapel of Old Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, South Yorkshire, were restored, but the nave is in ruins and the tower has been truncated? (2010-09-08)
... that Sir Richard Conyers, who built St Mary's Church, South Cowton (pictured) between 1450 and 1470, also built South Cowton Castle nearby, but destroyed the village of South Cowton? (2010-09-09)
... that the Jacobean fittings in St John the Evangelist's Church, Leeds, West Yorkshire, have been described as the glory of the church? (2010-09-11)
... that Ancient Church Orders is a genre of early Christian literature which has the aim to offer authoritative prescriptions on matters of moral conduct, liturgy and church organization? (2010-09-12)
... that the tower of St Michael's Church, Cowthorpe, North Yorkshire, has been described as "more like a castle fortification than a religious symbol"? (2010-09-12)
... that Puritan minister Thomas Tregosse was imprisoned for holding a Conventicle in Budock? (2010-09-13)
... that Tsar Alexander II of Russia had a monument (pictured) erected in an English churchyard to commemorate Finnish prisoners of war whose story inspired a 2007 opera? (2010-09-15)
... that English minister Samuel Eyles Pierce was accused of antinomianism by his congregation in Truro, and that even his wife withdrew her financial support of his ministry? (2010-09-15)
... that art historian Andrew Ladis has described Domenico di Bartolo's Madonna of humility, painted in 1433, as one of the most innovative devotional images from the early Renaissance? (2010-09-17)
... that descendants of Wigglesworth Dole included a missionary to Hawaii, a governor of Hawaii, a Unitarian minister, an attorney general of Hawaii, an author, and a "pineapple king"? (2010-09-18)
... that when St Mary's Church, Tarleton, Lancashire, was closed and replaced by a new church nearer the centre of the village, it was used as a mortuary chapel? (2010-09-19, 2010-09-20)
... that the Church of Saint Andrew in High Ham, Somerset, England, has a 12th century lead-lined font on a stem with rope moulding? (2010-09-19)
... that Old St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling, Lancashire, has been called "an unusual survival of a small Georgian church"? (2010-09-20)
... that Old Sarum Cathedral, the Norman church built at Old Sarum, Wiltshire, was replaced by a new cathedral at Salisbury in the 13th century? (2010-09-21)
... that the flushwork decorating parts of St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling, Lancashire, is in two colours of sandstone rather than the more usual materials of flint and stone? (2010-09-21)
... that Becconsall Old Church, Lancashire, was built with handmade bricks supplied by the lord of the manor? (2010-09-22)
... that the box pews in St John the Evangelist's Church, Lancaster, (pictured) were modified to form a double pew for the use of the Corporation? (2010-09-22)
... that on the chancel arch of St Martin's Church, Allerton Mauleverer, North Yorkshire, is a painting of Moses and Aaron? (2010-09-22)
... that Lucius Walker blamed Ronald Reagan for a 1988 river boat attack by Contra rebels in Nicaragua in which two were killed, saying he had come "face to face with the terrorism of our own government"? (2010-09-23)
... that the abbot of Kinloss was a permanent member of the chapter of Fortrose Cathedral, seat of the medieval Diocese of Ross (Scotland)? (2010-09-24)
... that the font in St Mary's Church, Roecliffe, North Yorkshire, came from Holy Trinity Church, Hull, while the vestry door and marble steps came from York Minster? (2010-09-24)
... that after Annie Louisa Walker heard Ira D. Sankey's hymn The Night Cometh she recognized that he had used her words? (2010-09-25)
... that in Minuscule 788, manuscript of the four Gospels, some passages of text are relocated (Luke 22:43–44 and John 7:53–8:11)? (2010-09-25)
... that when St Gregory's Church, Vale of Lune, Cumbria, was built, the London and North Western Railway sent a scripture reader to the church to minister to the navvies building their Ingleton Branch? (2010-09-25)
... that the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott considered All Souls, Halifax, West Yorkshire (pictured), now redundant, to be his finest church? (2010-09-26)
... that Louis Theroux traveled to Kansas to interview members of the Westboro Baptist Church for the documentary film The Most Hated Family in America? (2010-09-26)
... that, by the end of the 20th century, the Peachtree Presbyterian megachurch had the largest Presbyterian congregation of any church in the United States? (2010-09-29)
... that because of its height, the Gaza Baptist Church was commandeered by both Fatah and Hamas troops as an observation post during the Fatah–Hamas conflict? (2010-10-02)
... that the only Christian bookstore in Gaza closed after its owner was beaten and murdered by armed extremists? (2010-10-02)
... that the nave of the Church of All Souls, Bolton, Greater Manchester, (pictured) was built without pillars to give the congregation an excellent view and to enable them to hear the sermon clearly? (2010-10-03)
... that according to a local legend, the medieval Church of St Demetrius in Patalenitsa, Bulgaria, was rediscovered thanks to a thunderbolt striking a cherry tree? (2010-10-03)
... that the four statues of saints on the tower of St Andrew's Church, East Heslerton were originally intended for Bristol Cathedral, but were rejected because the dean said they were papist? (2010-10-03)
... that although the competition for designing Old Christ Church, Waterloo, Merseyside, was won by a different firm of architects, Paley, Austin and Paley were commissioned to build it? (2010-10-04)
... that St Mary's Church, Elsing has, according to Nikolaus Pevsner, "the most sumptuous of all English church brasses"? (2010-10-04)
... that the Miraj township of Wanlesswadi is named for William James Wanless, who founded the first missionary medical school in India? (2010-10-06)
... that the first use of bronze doors on an Italian building is attributed to the Amalfi Cathedral, and they came from Constantinople? (2010-10-07)
... that the two claiming Melkite Patriarchs, Ignatius III Atiyah and Cyril IV Dabbas, were both consecrated on the same day, April 24, 1619, but in different places? (2010-10-07)
... that the Plymouth Congregational Church of Lawrence, Kansas (pictured), the first church to be established in Kansas Territory, lost members to the Lawrence Massacre of 1863? (2010-10-08)
... that the font (pictured) in St Andrew's Church, Wroxeter, was constructed from the base of a former Roman column? (2010-10-08)
... that between being replaced by a new church in 1877 and being restored over a century later, Old St Bartholomew's Church, Lower Sapey, Worcestershire (pictured) was used as a farm building? (2010-10-09)
... that St Michael's Church, Michaelchurch, Herefordshire is notable for its 13th-century wall paintings and the presence of a reconstructed Roman altar? (2010-10-09)
... that in Bach's cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity, Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlösen, BWV 48, a trumpet plays a chorale in canon with two oboes? (2010-10-10)
... that the Desert Mothers were Christian ascetics and hermits who lived in the desert of Egypt during the 4th and 5th centuries? (2010-10-11)
... that when Elisha Winfield Green (pictured), an elderly African American Baptist leader, won a case for assault by a white minister in 1883, the effect was to increase pressure for segregation? (2010-10-11)
... that while St Bartholomew's Church, Furtho was being used for storage of the archives of the Northampton Record Society during the Second World War, all of its windows were destroyed by a bomb? (2010-10-11)
... that in All Saints Church, Kedleston, Derbyshire, (pictured) are 35 monuments to the Curzon family of Kedleston Hall? (2010-10-12)
... that during the 18th century, St Gregory's Church, Fledborough, Nottinghamshire, was regarded as "the Gretna Green of the Midlands"? (2010-10-12)
... that in 1418 Margery Kempe was tried for Lollardy in All Saints Church, Leicester? (2010-10-13)
... that even though it was outside the city at the time, the medieval Church of St George in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, was Kyustendil's cathedral until 1816? (2010-10-13)
... that the anonymous 6th-century treatise About the Mystery of the Letters interpreted the three Greek numeral signs Digamma (6), Koppa (90) and Sampi (900) as mystical symbols of the Holy Trinity? (2010-10-16)
... that the Grandview Apostolic Church was the second-oldest church in Brown County, Indiana, until it was burned last July? (2010-10-16)
... that professional wrestler and Maori Anglican Church member Ike Robin was once said to be "so absorbed in his preaching that he failed to notice that the congregation comprised only his dog"? (2010-10-17)
... that the tower of St Bartholomew's Church, Richard's Castle, Herefordshire, is detached from the body of the church, standing about 10 metres (33 ft) to its east? (2010-10-17)
... that during the 16th century, St Peter and St Paul's Church, Preston Deanery, Northamptonshire, was used as a dog kennel and a pigeon house? (2010-10-17)
... that despite being the largest church in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, St Mary's was declared redundant in 1987? (2010-10-18)
... that the 1629 Siege of Privas was one of the last events of the French Huguenot rebellions, and that it ended in the total plunder and destruction of the city of Privas by the troops of Louis XIII? (2010-10-19)
... that St Cosmas and St Damian's Church, Stretford, Herefordshire, (pictured) is dedicated to the patron saints of physicians and surgeons? (2010-10-19)
... that the memorial in the churchyard of St. Mary's Church, Hadlow to the 30 hop-pickers who drowned in the River Medway on 20 October 1859 is Grade II listed? (2010-10-20)
... that an elaborate, three-story tomb memorializing Sir George Shirley inside the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph at Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, was constructed 20 years before his death? (2010-10-22)
... that Samuel Hannaford designed the Winton Place Methodist Episcopal Church (pictured), where his funeral was eventually held? (2010-10-24)
... that 2006 National Capital Marathon winner Amos Tirop Matui was disqualified and received financial compensation due to a misplaced barrier on the course? (2010-10-25)
... that the idea for making art like the Tree of Life (pictured) from AK-47s and other old guns came from Bishop Dinis Sengulane of Mozambique? (2010-10-28)
... that St Peter's Church in Deene, Northamptonshire (pictured) contains a monument to the 7th Earl of Cardigan, who led the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854? (2010-10-28)
... that most of the memorials in St Cuthbert's Church, Holme Lacy, Herefordshire, (example pictured) are to the Scudamore family, which owned the church land until 1909–10? (2010-10-29)
... that the capitals of the Norman chancel arch of St John the Baptist's Church, Wakerley, Northamptonshire, are said to be "some of the finest in England"? (2010-10-29)
... that in 1847, a north transept was added to St Andrew's Church, Cranford, Northamptonshire (pictured) to form a family pew for the Robinsons of nearby Cranford Hall? (2010-10-30)
... that in the churchyard of St Mary's Church, Wormsley, Herefordshire, are the chest tombs of writer Richard Payne Knight and his brother Thomas, an expert on apple trees? (2010-10-30)
... that St Peter's Church, Northampton is considered to be "the most outstanding Norman church in the county" of Northamptonshire? (2010-10-30)
... that Ann Hibbins was convicted and hanged for being a witch in Boston, Massachusetts in 1656, 36 years prior to the beginning of the Salem Witch Trials? (2010-10-31)
... that Margaret Jones was the first person in Boston to be executed for witchcraft in a New England witch hunt that lasted between 1648 and 1663? (2010-10-31)
... that the Ipswich Witchcraft Trial has been called the "Second Salem Witch Trial", and was the last witch trial held in the United States? (2010-10-31)
... that poet John Dryden was baptised in the now-redundant Church of All Saints, Aldwincle in Northamptonshire? (2010-11-01)
... that an ancient carving (pictured) of a person exposing their genitals, at All Saints Church in Buncton, West Sussex, was destroyed by a chisel-wielding vandal in 2004? (2010-11-01)
... that the isolated All Saints Church at Highbrook, West Sussex, was paid for by two sisters who thought the parish church at West Hoathly was too far to travel? (2010-11-01)
... that conservative theologians believe the Confession of 1967 radically changed how the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) interpreted the Bible? (2010-11-02)
... that the organ case in St Michael and All Angels Church, Brownsover, Warwickshire, was originally made for St John's College, Cambridge? (2010-11-02)
... that one of the 62 churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South West England is currently used as a circus skills school (pictured)? (2010-11-03)
... that the porch of St Swithun's Church, Brookthorpe, Gloucestershire, contains a wall plate with a chronogram hiding the date of the execution of Charles I? (2010-11-03)
... that Michele Bachmann and Tom Emmer will appear in My War, a documentary about the Christian youth ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International? (2010-11-04)
... that Scott Ashjian faced a legal challenge prior to the 2010 U.S. Senate election in Nevada as he changed parties after submitting his candidacy? (2010-11-05)
... that St Peter's Church, Wolfhampcote stands isolated in a field, surrounded by mounds remaining from a deserted medieval village, disused canal workings, and a redundant railway? (2010-11-05)
... that even though Simeon I of Bulgaria burned the Church of St. Mary of the Spring near the Byzantine capital Constantinople, his son Peter married the daughter of Romanos I Lekapenos there three years later? (2010-11-06)
... that when Sir Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor to Elizabeth I, built Holdenby House, he moved the dwellings of Holdenby village away from All Saints Church, leaving it isolated? (2010-11-07)
... that Bach used the first movement of his Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 as a Sinfonia for his cantata Falsche Welt, dir trau ich nicht, BWV 52? (2010-11-07)
... that the Manastır Mosque (pictured) in Istanbul is one of the few surviving Byzantine religious buildings of Constantinople whose dedication remains uncertain? (2010-11-09)
... that in 1977 the body of St Mary's Church, Brentingby, Leicestershire, was partly demolished and converted into a house, leaving the tower standing? (2010-11-11)
... that St Mary Magdalene's Church, Battlefield, Shropshire, (pictured) is built on the site of the Battle of Shrewsbury that took place in 1403? (2010-11-14)
... that in April 2010 the world's first glass summit cross was erected on the Schartwand (2,339 m) in Salzburg's Tennengebirge mountains? (2010-11-14)
... that St Swithun's Church, Worcester, is described as "one of the best preserved examples of an early Georgian church in England"? (2010-11-16)
... that there is an unconfirmed tradition that William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in All Saints Church, Billesley, Warwickshire (pictured)? (2010-11-18)
... that Saint Maximilian Kolbe was called the "Apostle of Consecration to Mary"? (2010-11-18)
... that American Baptist missionary George J. Geis was working at the Kachin Bible Training School he had established in Kutkai at the time of his death in 1936? (2010-11-18)
... that a builder of St Mark's Church in Hadlow Down, East Sussex, was sacked for deliberately placing its weather vane upside down? (2010-11-18)
... that the exterior of St Mary Magdalene's Church in Croome D'Abitot was designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in Gothic Revival style, but the interior by Robert Adam is Georgian? (2010-11-18)
... that the font in St Peter's Church, Adderley, Shropshire, has an inscription in Latin which translates as "Here wickedly the first man enjoyed the apple with his wife"? (2010-11-18)
... that the Areopagus sermon was the most dramatic and fullest speech of the missionary career of Apostle Paul? (2010-11-21)
... that the west gallery of St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford, Leicestershire, contains a Coade stone fireplace, the Royal arms, and a dome decorated with putti? (2010-11-21)
... that St Matthew's Church, Langford, Oxfordshire has two Anglo-Saxon carved stone reliefs of the Crucifixion, and that in one of them Christ's left and right arms have later been swapped over (pictured)? (2010-11-21)
... that St John the Baptist's Church, Avon Dassett, Warwickshire, built in 1868, contains a coffin lid inscribed with the effigy of a 13th-century tonsured deacon? (2010-11-24)
... that some counseling sessions of the ex-gay group Homosexuals Anonymous included "desensitizing" naked massages, but led the men being counseled to begin having sexual encounters with each other? (2010-11-26)
... that when Central Methodist Church (pictured) in Eastbourne was completed, some worshippers were hauled to the top of the spire in a box to eat a celebratory breakfast? (2010-11-28)
... that the exterior decoration of the medieval Church of Christ Pantocrator in Nesebar on the Bulgarian coast prominently features swastikas? (2010-11-29)
... that how to tell which of the two possible Saint Catherines is shown marrying Jesus in a painting of the Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine (example pictured)? (2010-11-30)
... that the 1919 demolition of "one of the most costly religious edifices" in New York City, the 1906 Madison Square Presbyterian Church (pictured), was called "a distinct architectural loss"? (2010-12-01)
... that plans to convert the tomb of Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi on the Mount of Olives, Israel, into a church sparked strong protests? (2010-12-01)
... that the Madison Square Presbyterian Church building completed in 1854 was knocked down to become the site of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower (pictured), then the world's tallest building? (2010-12-02)
... that John Keble, founding member of the Oxford Movement, was curate to St Michael and St Martin's Church, Eastleach Martin, Gloucestershire, and a bridge nearby was named after him? (2010-12-02)
... that Uspenski Gospels is the oldest dated Greek manuscript of the New Testament? (2010-12-05)
... that when the Churches Conservation Trust took St Martin's Church, Waithe, Lincolnshire (pictured) into its care, parts of it were close to collapse, it was overgrown, and it contained bat guano? (2010-12-06)
... that members of the Belize Evangelical Mennonite Church include Creoles, Garifuna, Maya, and Mestizos? (2010-12-08)
... that the First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Queens, is the oldest continuously serving Presbyterian church in the United States? (2010-12-08)
... that Bill Wiese claims to have spent 23 Minutes in Hell? (2010-12-10)
... that the First Hungarian Reformed Church of New York (pictured) on the Upper East Side is the only Christian religious building designed by Emery Roth? (2010-12-12)
... that according to Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener, Lectionary 183 (pictured) probably is the most valuable manuscript he had ever collated? (2010-12-12)
... that St Mary the Virgin's Church, Little Hormead, Hertfordshire, is particularly noted for its preserved 12th-century ironwork door which depicts a serpentine dragon? (2010-12-12)
... that with the foundation of the Athonite Academy, near Vatopedi monastery, the monastic community of Mount Athos took a leading role in the 18th century modern Greek Enlightenment? (2010-12-14)
... that in St Peter's Church, Kingerby, Lincolnshire, is a slab carved with the effigy of a knight whose lower body and legs have been replaced by a cross? (2010-12-15)
... that LZ7's 2010 single "This Little Light" is based around the 20th century gospel song "This Little Light of Mine"? (2010-12-16)
... that style of handwriting of lectionaries ℓ 296 and ℓ 1599 have resemblance to Codex Cyprius? (2010-12-17)
... that St Mary's Church in North Cockerington, Lincolnshire, England, stands a mile away from the village it served, sharing the churchyard of the adjoining parish church? (2010-12-18)
... that Kristubhagavatam: A mahakavya in Sanskrit based on the life of Jesus Christ, a Sanskrit epic poem in 33 cantos and 1600 verses, won the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit in 1980? (2010-12-19)
... that St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Carson City is the oldest building still in use by the Episcopal Church in the state of Nevada? (2010-12-19)
... that feathers from a dead swan, which crashed into scaffolding at All Saints Church in Roffey during construction, were incorporated into the church's antependium? (2010-12-23)
... that the first cantata Bach composed for Christmas Day in Leipzig was in 1724 the chorale cantata Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91, based on Martin Luther's hymn for Christmas Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ (pictured)? (2010-12-25)
... that although first published in the 1582 songbook Piae Cantiones (pictured), the Christmas carol Unto Us is Born a Son may be derived from 12th and 13th century French organum repertories? (2010-12-25)
... that Francis Skeat designed over 400 stained glass windows, including memorials to the footballer Duncan Edwards and the explorer John Smith? (2010-12-26)
... that American diplomat, orator, and Harvard professor Edward Everett bought two New Testament manuscripts, Lectionary 297 and Lectionary 298, during a visit to Greece in 1819? (2010-12-26)
... that in the 12th-century frescoes (example pictured) of St John the Baptist's Church, Clayton, West Sussex, "a spike-heeled devil riding a large beast separates the doomed from the blessed"? (2010-12-26)
... that Episcopal bishop of Louisiana Charles Edward Jenkins III retired due to post-traumatic stress disorder from Hurricane Katrina? (2010-12-27)
... that the design of the Third Presbyterian Church in Springfield, Ohio, may have been patterned after the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem? (2010-12-27)
... that Sempringham Priory (pictured) was built by Saint Gilbert, the only Englishman who ever founded a monastic order? (2010-12-29)
... that the 13th-century Church of the Holy Sepulchre (pictured) at Warminghurst, West Sussex, was restored for the first time in 1959, only to be made redundant in 1979? (2011-01-01)
... that the Gospel of Luke states that the Circumcision of Jesus (pictured) took place eight days after his birth? (2011-01-01)
... that the dedication of North Stoke Church (pictured)—forgotten for centuries—was accidentally rediscovered in 2007 when a researcher examined a piece of vellum in The National Archives? (2011-01-06)
... that the capitals of the Norman chancel arch in St Michael's Church, Burwell, Lincolnshire (pictured) are carved with dancing stags and volutes? (2011-01-06)
... that the tympanum of the Norman doorway of St Benedict's Church, Haltham-on-Bain, Lincolnshire, contains carvings of a Maltese cross in a circle, a fan-shaped shell, and a knot in a circle? (2011-01-08)
... that the original wooden bell tower of the First Presbyterian Church in Batavia, New York, blew down within a year of its construction and was replaced by the stone one originally intended? (2011-01-12)
... that the 1968 pamphlet Is the School House the Proper Place to Teach Raw Sex? claimed that sex education was a Communist conspiracy? (2011-01-12)
... that when St. John's Cathedral (pictured) was built in St. John's, Antigua, it was criticized by ecclesiastical architects for being like "a pagan temple with two dumpy pepper pot towers"? (2011-01-12)
... that discussions on the knowledge of Christ have had a central place in Christology for centuries? (2011-01-13)
... that two of the illustrations in the Leofric Missal, a 10th and 11th century illuminated book from England, depict a method of divination derived from Coptic Egypt? (2011-01-14)
... that above the chancel arch of St Barbara's Church, Haceby, Lincolnshire, are the Royal arms of Queen Anne on top of a medieval Doom painting? (2011-01-14)
... that All Saints Church, Saltfleetby, in the marshlands of Lincolnshire, has a leaning west tower? (2011-01-20)
... that Essex Hall, where, in 1774, Theophilus Lindsey established the first such congregation in England, still serves as the headquarters for the British Unitarians? (2011-01-21)
... that part of an inscribed medieval gravestone is set into a window sill at St Fflewin's Church, Llanfflewin, Wales? (2011-01-21)
... that the apparent timber framing of St John's Church, High Legh, Cheshire (pictured) is "a sham"? (2011-01-21)
... that St Mary's Church, Rhodogeidio, Wales, was built as a chapel of ease for St Ceidio's Church, but both are now disused and St Mary's (pictured) is in ruins? (2011-01-22)
... that although he is not a Catholic bishop, Father Keith Newton will carry a mitre and crozier in his role as Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham? (2011-01-23)
... that one 19th-century writer said that St Peirio's Church, Rhosbeirio was "one of the humblest ecclesiastical buildings in Anglesey"? (2011-01-23)
... that the churchyard of St James' Church, Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire (pictured) has six monuments and a tomb that are all listed buildings? (2011-01-24)
... that, although the town of Stamford in Lincolnshire was badly damaged during the War of the Roses in 1461, St John's Church was apparently unharmed? (2011-01-24)
... that as a condition of paying for restoration work, a 19th-century benefactor of St Mary's Church in Bodewryd, Wales, required the church to have Islamic-style stained glass? (2011-01-25)
... that All Saints Church, Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, has been called the "Cathedral of the Marsh"? (2011-01-26)
... that St Mary's Church, Pentraeth, Wales, was decorated in the 18th century with paper garlands, perhaps to celebrate parishioners' weddings? (2011-01-27)
... that a standing stone (pictured) near St Tyfrydog's Church, Llandyfrydog, Wales, is said to be a man turned to stone by St Tyfrydog for stealing a Bible from the church? (2011-01-30)
... that St Denys' Church, Little Barford, Bedfordshire, was built to serve a medieval village which has since been deserted? (2011-01-31)
... that American minister and Free Will Baptist theologian Ransom Dunn rode over thousands of miles of frontier on horseback, collecting donations for the opening of Hillsdale College? (2011-02-01)
... that Sixtine Vulgate (1590), prepared by Pope Sixtus V, differs in 4900 variants from Sixto-Clementine Vulgate (1592), prepared by Pope Clement VIII? (2011-02-01)
... that the medieval St. Laurence and All Saints Church, Eastwood must replace 38 metres (125 ft) of its wall to accommodate London Southend Airport? (2011-02-01)
... that the canticle of Simeon is part of Bach's cantata Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde, BWV 83, first performed on 2 February 1724 for the Feast of the Purification of Mary? (2011-02-03)
... that ten visions of the Blessed Virgin Mary experienced by Sr. Reinolda May led to the establishment of Ngome Marian Shrine, a pilgrim's center in KwaZulu-Natal? (2011-02-04)
... that Catholic Bishop of Adelaide Laurence Sheil excommunicated Mary MacKillop, who eventually became Australia's first saint? (2011-02-06)
... that St Peter's Church, South Somercotes, Lincolnshire, has been called "The Queen of the Marsh"? (2011-02-07)
... that the first church built on the site of St Deiniol's Church, Llanddaniel Fab, Wales (pictured), is said to have been established by St Deiniol Fab himself in 616? (2011-02-08)
... that St Caffo's Church, Llangaffo, Wales, commemorates St Caffo who was martyred in the area in the 6th century? (2011-02-09)
... that the 15th-century church of St Twrog, Bodwrog, Wales, has some bull's head decorations, showing its link with a prominent local family of that time? (2011-02-09)
... that although Arley Hall, Cheshire, was in Jacobean style, its owner decided that its chapel should be in Gothic style? (2011-02-10)
... that unlike most other churches in the Welsh county of Anglesey, St Ffinan's Church was built in Romanesque revival style? (2011-02-11)
... that there have been reports of ghosts, and of activity by satanists, in St Botolph's Church, Skidbrooke, Lincolnshire? (2011-02-13)
... that William Wadé Harris baptized over 100,000 converts in an eighteen-month period in West Africa? (2011-02-14)
... that it is believed that Minuscule 826 is the archetype of the textual family 13? (2011-02-15)
... that St Michael's Church, Buslingthorpe, in Lincolnshire contains one of the earliest military brasses in England? (2011-02-15)
... that a brass in All Saints Church, Little Wenham is said to be one of the best pre-Reformation brasses in Suffolk? (2011-02-17)
... that Scrivener said that few Greek New Testament manuscripts from the 12th century were equal to Codex Ephesinus in "weight and importance"? (2011-02-18)
... that the 13th-century New Testament manuscript known as Minuscule 827 does not include John's account of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery? (2011-02-18)
... that Soul Surfer is an upcoming film about Bethany Hamilton, who lost her left arm in a shark attack while surfing? (2011-02-20)
... that the Scottish Redundant Churches Trust, a charity founded in 1996, looks after redundant Church of Scotland churches and currently has five buildings under its care? (2011-02-23)
... that the churchyard of St Caian's Church, Tregaian, Wales, contains the grave of a man who died in 1581 aged 105 with over 40 children and 300 living descendants? (2011-02-23)
... that devotions to the Holy Name of Jesus exist both in Eastern and Western Christianity? (2011-02-24)
... that Jarvis Hall, a former chapel in Steyning, West Sussex, has housed a bottling plant, a gym, a dance school, and four Nonconformist congregations—including Methodists who moved out and built a larger church nearby? (2011-02-24)
... that St Dona's Church, Llanddona, Wales, was rebuilt in 1873 with the rector at the time acting as the architect? (2011-02-24)
... that there is no direct discussion in the New Testament of the dual nature of the Person of Christ as being both divine and human? (2011-02-25)
... that St Gallgo's Church, Llanallgo, Wales, was used as a temporary mortuary following the 1859 wreck of the Royal Charter, which claimed over 400 lives? (2011-02-25)
... that in 1960, the founders of a Cafe church wondered, "Would Jesus want to hang out with folks at a traditional institutional church? Or would he want to hang out over a beer in a bar, or coffee in a restaurant?" (2011-02-26)
... that Khor Virap monastery, where Gregory the Illuminator was imprisoned for 13 years by King Tiridates III, is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Armenia? (2011-02-26)
... that in the roof of the chapel of St Michael's Church, Berechurch, Essex, are carvings of the emblems of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon? (2011-02-26)
... that Pulney Andy was the first Indian to receive a British medical degree when he received his degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of St. Andrews in 1860? (2011-02-28)
... that the ghost town of Estacado, Texas, was founded by Quakers as a farming community? (2011-03-02)
... that All Saints Church, Newton Green (pictured) in Suffolk has been divided at the chancel arch, the chancel being used for worship, while the rest of the church is redundant? (2011-03-03)
... that the account of Jesus and the woman taken in adultery is found at the end of the Gospel of John in Minuscule 831, 1076, 1078 and 1356? (2011-03-03)
... that All Saints Church in Thurgarton, Norfolk, is notable for its medieval bench ends carved with poppyheads, an elephant, barrels, mythical beasts, a man, a lion, and fighting dogs? (2011-03-06)
... that the Beeldenstorm was a wave of riotous destruction of church art and property that spread across the Low Countries in August 1566? (2011-03-06)
... that the Durham Street Methodist Church (pictured), destroyed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, was the first stone church in Canterbury, New Zealand? (2011-03-06)
... that around the west door of St John the Baptist's Church in Yarburgh, Lincolnshire, are carvings of a coat of arms, Adam and Eve and the serpent, a Paschal Lamb, and a pelican? (2011-03-07)
... that ProtectMarriage.com was formed to pass California Proposition 8, a voter initiative against same-sex marriage? (2011-03-09)
... that the Sydenham Heritage Church (pictured), twice threatened by demolition since 1997, was demolished without authorisation after the 2011 Christchurch earthquake? (2011-03-09)
... that Papyrus Rylands 458 is the oldest known manuscript of the Septuagint? (2011-03-10)
... that the Rose Historic Chapel was the first church designed by the Luttrell brothers, who subsequently became the unofficial architects of the Diocese of Christchurch? (2011-03-10)
... that All Saints Church, East Horndon, Essex, has been damaged by a bomb, a tramp, and vandals? (2011-03-12)
... that in the 1300s, the Catholic Bishop of Greenland contributed walrus teeth to help fund the Crusades? (2011-03-14)
... that the font in St Peter's Church, Sudbury, was removed in the 17th century to be used as a horse trough, but was returned to the church when the horses refused to drink from it? (2011-03-15)
... that a significant difference between the Christian Evangelical Church of Romania and the Evangelical Church of Romania, which were united under the Communist regime, is the form of baptism each practices? (2011-03-19)
... that during the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell's forces took lead from the roof of Oxhey Chapel (pictured) in Hertfordshire to make musket balls? (2011-03-19)
... that St George's Church in Goltho, Lincolnshire, is all that remains of a deserted medieval village? (2011-03-20)
... that 20th-century artists Eric Gill and Leon Underwood created works for Italianate parish churches in and around Oxford designed by architect T. Lawrence Dale? (2011-03-22)
... that the spire of All Saints Church in Haugham, Lincolnshire, with its ornate flying buttresses, is said to echo the similar but larger spire of St. James Church in Louth? (2011-03-23)
... that the Church of the Good Shepherd, damaged in the 2010 Canterbury earthquake, suffered significant damage in a subsequent vandalism attack? (2011-03-24)
... that instead of being topped by a dome, the roof of the 6th-century Belovo Basilica in southwestern Bulgaria consisted of a row of baldachin-like arches? (2011-03-26)
... that workers undertaking the 2010 Canterbury earthquake repair were outside for lunch when the oldest part of Holy Trinity Avonside (pictured) collapsed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake? (2011-03-26)
... that All Saints Church, West Stourmouth (pictured) in Kent was damaged in an earthquake in 1382? (2011-03-27)
... that a chest tomb in the churchyard of Old St Peter and St Paul's Church, Albury in Surrey commemorates the artists Arthur Devis and Anthony Devis? (2011-03-29)
... that St Thomas' Church in East Shefford, Berkshire, contains the tomb of a member of the Portuguese royal family? (2011-03-29)
... that places of worship in the English district of Horsham include a mosque in a former Baptist chapel? (2011-04-03)
... that Oxford Terrace Baptist Church (pictured), collapsed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, was considered by the dean of ChristChurch Cathedral as one of the "iconic churches of the city"? (2011-04-04)
... that the music to the hymn "Follow On" was later adopted by Rangers F.C. as the music for their anthem, "Follow Follow"? (2011-04-06)
... that in the churchyard of All Saints Church, in Little Somborne, Hampshire, is the grave of Thomas Sopwith, the pioneer aviator? (2011-04-07)
... that St Mary's Church, in Sandwich, Kent, was damaged by the French in 1217 and again in 1457, and by an earthquake in 1578? (2011-04-09)
... that Mammotrectus super Bibliam, a guide book to understanding the Bible, was popular in the 15th century, but was criticized in the 16th century? (2011-04-12)
... that because it was too dark inside the Church of St Peter ad Vincula in Colemore, Hampshire, the parishioners petitioned the bishop in 1669 to have the south transept removed? (2011-04-14)
... that Lumley Chapel is the oldest standing building in the London Borough of Sutton? (2011-04-15)
... that soon after he was ordained, John Wesley preached in St Mary's Church in Fleet Marston, Buckinghamshire? (2011-04-15)
... that the Codex Sangallensis 1395 is one of the oldest manuscripts of the Vulgate? (2011-04-17)
... that the redundant churches of St John and St Mary both stand near The Ridgeway long-distance path in Oxfordshire? (2011-04-18)
... that all that remains of the Old Church of St Mary the Virgin in Preston Candover, Hampshire, is the chancel? (2011-04-19)
... that the monument to Sir Henry Furnese in All Saints Church, Waldershare, Kent, fills a chapel, and has been described as "outstanding"? (2011-04-20)
... that the Ethiopian eunuch (pictured) has been described as the "first baptized gay Christian"? (2011-04-20)
... that depictions of the Last Supper in Christian art (example pictured) date back to early Christianity and can be seen in the Catacombs of Rome? (2011-04-21)
... that Jesus at Herod's Court (pictured) is mentioned in only one canonical gospel, the Gospel of Luke? (2011-04-22)
... that Bach was only in his twenties when he composed the cantata Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4, for Easter (pictured), using in seven movements the words and tune of Martin Luther's Easter chorale? (2011-04-24)
... that St Mary Magdalene's Church in Tortington has "an amazing congregation of grotesque monsters"? (2011-04-24)
... that archaeologists believe they have uncovered the Monastery of the Virgins described in a 6th-century account of Byzantine Jerusalem? (2011-04-25)
... that for much of the Middle Ages, church altars were hidden from view at points in services by curtains hung from a ciborium (example pictured)? (2011-04-29)
... that born-again Christian political activist David Lane, who works to support right-wing politics in the US, was called the "stealth weapon for the right"? (2011-05-01)
... that on the north wall of St Nicholas' Church in Freefolk, Hampshire, are three layers of wall paintings? (2011-05-01)
... that in the churchyard of St Mary's Church in Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, are the graves of the notable military figures Henry "Hangman" Hawley and Field Marshal Lord Alanbrooke? (2011-05-04)
... that Heather Knight was the first woman to be selected President of Pacific Union College and the first African American woman to lead an Adventist College in North America? (2011-05-05)
... that St Lawrence's Church in Broughton, Buckinghamshire, is listed Grade I because of its "remarkable series" of medieval wall paintings? (2011-05-05)
... that the ancient custom of ringing the curfew bell each evening from St Peter's Church in Sandwich, Kent, still continues? (2011-05-05)
... that the English theologian Daniel Whitby (pictured) in 1710 defended Textus Receptus's finding of 30,000 textual variants in John Mill's edition of the New Testament? (2011-05-07)
... that the tomb of Robert Ingylton in St Michael and All Angels' Church in Thornton, Buckinghamshire, was re-assembled from a grotto? (2011-05-07)
... that the former St John the Evangelist's Church in Chichester was designed according to such extreme Low Church principles that the altar (pictured) resembles "a kind of kitchen table"? (2011-05-08)
... that the octagonal Church of St Mary in Hartwell, Buckinghamshire, has no roof? (2011-05-09)
... that more than 120 family members of a founder of Billingshurst Unitarian Chapel are buried in its graveyard? (2011-05-10)
... that in St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, Christ Church, St John's and St Peter's Anglican churches are Grade II* listed buildings, and there are Grade II listed Baptist, Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches? (2011-05-13)
... that the likely Bulgarian-built medieval Church of the Holy Mother of God in Donja Kamenica, Serbia, features unusual towers on either side of the entrance? (2011-05-13)
... that Chapel Hill Bible Church (pictured) was moved from midtown Manhattan to a farm in Marlborough, New York, almost 50 years after it was built? (2011-05-15)
... that St Paul's Church in Hooton has been described as "unquestionably one of the most spectacular churches of Cheshire"? (2011-05-15)
... that archaeologist and college president Larry Geraty has also been noted for supporting women's ordination in the Seventh-day Adventist Church? (2011-05-16)
... that Old All Saints Church (pictured) in Nuneham Courtenay, Oxfordshire, was mainly designed by the 1st Earl Harcourt? (2011-05-16)
... that St Wilfrid's Chapel, Church Norton (pictured) inspired a Kipling poem in which the priest preached Midnight Mass to a donkey and a bullock when nobody else turned up? (2011-05-19)
... that the church of Saints Martin and Sebastian of the Swiss is the private chapel of the Pontifical Swiss Guards in the Vatican City? (2011-05-20)
... that Romanian scholar Nicolae Iorga constructed a conservative vision of world history, contrasting Max Weber's Protestant Ethic? (2011-05-23)
... that Bayside Church held its 2011 Easter services at the Power Balance Pavilion (formerly Arco Arena), attracting nearly 17,000 people? (2011-05-27)
... that past and present churches in Arun, West Sussex, include one in the grounds of a luxury hotel, one in a former Penny School, one (pictured) that became a market, and a "strangely towered" one? (2011-06-01)
... that the Christian Council of Ghana, an umbrella group that unites 15 churches, was formed in 1929? (2011-06-01)
... that the depictions of the Ascension of Jesus in Christian art are often divided into an upper (heavenly) and lower (earthly) part? (2011-06-02)
... that in 1893, stockbroker and Knight Templar Charles Edward Keyser bought Aldermaston Court – a mansion built by a student of his grandfather? (2011-06-02)
... that theologian David F. Ford of the University of Cambridge once applied for jobs at British Steel and Rolls-Royce? (2011-06-02)
... that Al Green earned the only Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance, Male or Female in 1990 for the song "As Long as We're Together"? (2011-06-02)
... that St Denys' Church, Sleaford (pictured) has one of the oldest stone broach spires in England and an altar rail designed by Sir Christopher Wren? (2011-06-05)
... that the richly decorated medieval churches of Saint Paraskevi and the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (pictured) in Nesebar, Bulgaria, were both surmounted by bell towers which have not been preserved? (2011-06-08)
... that the skeleton of the last Bosnian king, Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia, currently lies in the Franciscan monastery of Saint Luke, Jajce? (2011-06-08)
... that the ideal of the Imitation of Christ goes back to the earliest days of Christianity? (2011-06-09)
... that Papyrus 49 is one of three early manuscripts with the text of the Epistle to the Ephesians? (2011-06-11)
... that the Good Shepherd is the theme of Bach's cantata for Pentecost Tuesday, Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175, illustrated in pastoral music of three recorders? (2011-06-14)
... that the tall tower of the Anglican Church of St Mark in Preston, Lancashire, was built to rival the height of the steeple of the nearby Catholic Church of St Walburge? (2011-06-17)
... that Bach's cantata for Trinity Sunday, Gelobet sei der Herr, mein Gott, BWV 129, a chorale cantata on five stanzas, ends like his Christmas Oratorio, "punctuated by brass and orchestral fanfares"? (2011-06-19)
... that the Faith and Freedom Coalition was founded by Ralph Reed as "a 21st century version of the Christian Coalition"? (2011-06-20)
... that in 1463 Thomas Bettz left £26 13s 4d in his will—a fortune in those days—to help pay for the repair of the bells of St Martin's Church in Ruislip? (2011-06-20)
... that walls and the ceiling of the Unionskirche (Union Church) in Idstein are covered with 38 oil paintings from the Dutch Golden Age school of Rubens? (2011-06-20)
... that in 2011, International Christian Concern lauded the release of an Afghan man who had been imprisoned for nine months for converting to Christianity? (2011-06-21)
... that Celestial City, Imeko, was founded by the Prophet "Papa" Samuel Oshoffa, who left 34 wives and 150 children when he died? (2011-06-23)
... that in the early years of the First Baptist Church of Ossining (pictured), the oldest in the village, masters and slaves had equal status as members of the congregation? (2011-06-24)
... that the name of the medieval Church of the Holy Mother of God (pictured) in Asen's Fortress, Bulgaria, is only a guess based on a partial inscription? (2011-06-26)
... that Second Baptist Church, once the largest African American–owned meeting space in the western U.S., hosted speeches by W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Malcolm X? (2011-06-26)
... that each of the Five Discourses of Matthew has a shorter parallel in the Gospel of Mark or the Gospel of Luke? (2011-06-28)
... that St Botolph's Church, in the town of Hardham, has the earliest known representation of St. George in England? (2011-06-29)
... that the 14th-century All Saints Church in Maidstone, England, is described as the grandest Perpendicular style church in Kent? (2011-06-30)
... that the Concilium Germanicum, a Frankish synod held in 742/3 to reform the Austrasian church, has been described as the acme of Saint Boniface's career? (2011-06-30)
... that writer Arthur Mee was once advised not to mistake Greatham Church (pictured) for a haystack? (2011-07-08)
... that Pepsi allowed Madonna to retain her $5 million dollar fee, despite cancelling their sponsorship deal following the controversy over the music video for "Like a Prayer"? (2011-07-09)
... that Elizabeth Gatford, who endowed a charity that distributed bread to the poor at Horsham General Baptist Chapel, was buried in four coffins? (2011-07-10)
... that Martin Luther's chorale Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir (From deep affliction I cry out to you) was sung at his own funeral? (2011-07-14)
... that the nonconformist liturgy of the Octagon Chapel (pictured) in Liverpool, UK, was criticized by Job Orton: "Grieved I am ... to see such an almost deistical composition"? (2011-07-16)
... that the design of Robertsbridge United Reformed Church (pictured) in England has been described as "truly horrible" and "most dissolute"? (2011-07-21)
... that Calvary Baptist Church (pictured), the oldest religious building in Ossining, New York, was built with marble quarried by inmates at nearby Sing Sing Prison? (2011-07-24)
... that Lady Godiva's cross stands in the churchyard of St Bartholomew's Church, Penn, in the West Midlands of England? (2011-07-29)
... that the inscriptions in St Martin's Church, Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria, (pictured) include a prayer for deliverance following the Gunpowder Plot? (2011-08-02)
... that the scheme of stained glass by Shrigley and Hunt in Christ Church, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, has been described as "one of their best and most important ensembles"? (2011-08-03)
... that Samuel Fisk Green was a pioneering American missionary who founded Sri Lanka's first medical teaching hospital? (2011-08-03)
... that Holy Trinity Church, Northwich, was the largest of the three churches designed by Edmund Sharpe for the Weaver Navigation Trustees? (2011-08-08)
... that Albert Schweitzer likened the bass line of an aria mentioning Satan in Bach's cantata Was willst du dich betrüben, BWV 107, "to the contortions of a huge dragon"? (2011-08-08)
... that the first Lutheran hymnal contained only eight hymns on five melodies by three poets, Martin Luther, Paul Speratus and probably Justus Jonas? (2011-08-09)
... that former Audio Adrenaline front-man Mark Stuart talked more than he sang on the self-titled debut album of his new project, the Know Hope Collective? (2011-08-09)
... that British Library, Add. 17212 is a rare example of a double palimpsest with three successive writings? (2011-08-10)
... that the pulpit in Christ Church, Barnton, Cheshire has been described as "Puginesquely elaborate"? (2011-08-10)
... that Paul Speratus was in prison, sentenced to death by fire, when he wrote the hymn Es ist das Heil uns kommen her (Salvation now has come for all)? (2011-08-10)
... that only four great uncial codices have survived until the present day? (2011-08-16)
... that in St Botolph's Church, Botolphs, a series of arches on the wall indicate a long-demolished aisle? (2011-08-17)
... that one of the churches in the English district of Rother is a former Lifesaving Rocket Apparatus Station? (2011-08-18)
... that, even though it mainly included Romanian peasants, the breakaway Inochentist church worshiped Russian Tsar Michael and the Romanovs? (2011-08-19)
... that it took over half a century to identify Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 1? (2011-08-25)
... that after 26 nuns signed A Catholic Statement on Pluralism and Abortion, the Vatican stated that all but two had recanted, leading 11 others to issue a statement of solidarity denying that they had done so? (2011-08-27)
... that the cotton manufacturer John Horrocks is commemorated twice by St Mary's Church, Penwortham, Lancashire? (2011-08-29)
... that Emerentia was reputed in the late 15th century to be the great-grandmother of Jesus? (2011-08-30)
... that the Old Church of Helsinki was intended to be a temporary building that could serve the parish until consecration of the Helsinki Cathedral? (2011-09-01)
... that Sister Agnes Mary Mansour left the Sisters of Mercy after three decades of service rather than make a statement against abortion? (2011-09-02)
... that St Maxentius' Church (pictured) in Bradshaw, Greater Manchester, is the only church in England dedicated to Saint Maxentius? (2011-09-02)
... that although St Lawrence's Church in Morecambe, Lancashire, is considered by Nikolaus Pevsner to be Paley and Austin's best church in the town, it is now redundant? (2011-09-06)
... that St Michael's Church, Whittington, (pictured) in Lancashire stands in the bailey of a former castle, and a sundial stands on the summit of its motte? (2011-09-06)
... that Charles Davis Lucas, the first person to be awarded the Victoria Cross, is buried in the churchyard of St Lawrence's Church in Mereworth, Kent? (2011-09-07)
... that in Peter's vision of a sheet with animals (pictured), Peter's triple refusal to eat is thought to echo his triple denial of Jesus? (2011-09-10)
... that St James' Church, Daisy Hill in Westhoughton, Greater Manchester, has been described as "a masterly performance for relatively little cash"? (2011-09-10)
... that after Robert Laws was made temporary head of the Livingstonia Mission, he kept the position for 50 years? (2011-09-12)
... that an 1869 decision to use earthquake-resistant timber construction led to St Michael's Church being the only Christchurch Central City Anglican church in use after the 2011 earthquake? (2011-09-13)
... that in Christianity the term Water of Life (artistic depiction pictured) may refer to the Holy Spirit? (2011-09-13)
... that after its 1688 re-gilding, the Coventry Cross (replica pictured) was so bright that people could hardly bear to look directly at it on a sunny day? (2011-09-15)
... that the organ in All Saints Church, Thorpe Bassett, North Yorkshire, (pictured) was originally built for Claydon House, and was later discovered in a poor state of repair in York Minster? (2011-09-16)
... that the vicar of St John the Baptist's Church, Allington in Wiltshire was engaged to Cassandra, sister of Jane Austen, but he died before he could marry her? (2011-09-16)
... that Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel in Robertsbridge was founded by a "mystical Micawber"? (2011-09-17)
... that Kirsopp Lake published the text of the Codex Sinaiticus? (2011-09-20)
... that although Daniel is portrayed as a young man by Rubens in his depiction of Daniel in the lions' den, Daniel would have been over eighty according to biblical chronology? (2011-09-21)
... that after St Gwenllwyfo's Church in Anglesey, Wales, was abandoned in 1856 in favour of a replacement, its medieval roof took nearly 100 years to collapse? (2011-09-26)
... that a club started by two undergraduates in 1839 was central to the spread of Victorian restoration which determined the character of most English churches and cathedrals today? (2011-09-27)
... that the Great Church of Antioch was still standing after the earthquake of 526 AD, but was destroyed seven days later by the resulting fire? (2011-09-30)
... that Codex Ravianus, Toletanus, Theodulphianus, Legionensis, Sangallensis 63, Sangallensis 907, and minuscule 918 contain the spurious biblical text Comma Johanneum? (2011-10-01)
... that the term eternal life is not explicitly defined in the New Testament? (2011-10-01)
... that MercyMe's song "So Long Self" broke the record for most first-week adds on the Christian AC radio format? (2011-10-05)
... that the bombed-out St Mary's Church in Hampden Park, East Sussex, was replaced by "one of Edward Maufe's most charming designs" (pictured)? (2011-10-08)
... that after hearing a sermon by George Whitefield, a member of Ditchling Chapel said he would "tear the church to pieces" and founded his own church, the Bethel Chapel? (2011-10-19)
... that St Edern's Church, Bodedern, Wales, is dedicated to one of the knights of King Arthur? (2011-10-21)
... that Bach finished the opening chorus of his cantata Wer sich selbst erhöhet, der soll erniedriget werden, BWV 47, with a repeat of the ritornello, adding the complete text of Luke 14:11? (2011-10-21)
... that St George's Church, Heaviley has been described as "by far the grandest church of Stockport"? (2011-10-23)
... that a Russian sect believes that Vladimir Putin is the reincarnation of Saint Paul? (2011-10-26)
... that St Paul's Church, in Witherslack, Cumbria, was built in 1668–69 as a result of a bequest made by John Barwick, dean of St Paul's Cathedral? (2011-10-27)
... that an aria of "heart-stopping intensity" in Bach's solo cantata for alto Gott soll allein mein Herze haben, BWV 169, has been compared to "Erbarme dich" from his St Matthew Passion? (2011-10-29)
... that St Eugrad's Church, Llaneugrad, Wales, contains an Art Nouveau memorial to one of the officers who died in the wreck of the Royal Charter in 1859? (2011-10-29)
... that St Beuno's Church, Aberffraw (pictured) is a rare example of a church in Anglesey, Wales, with two naves? (2011-10-30)
... that the ancient murals at St Mary's Church in West Chiltington include a wounded Christ standing on a wheel—a warning against breaking the Sabbath? (2011-10-30)
... that a 19th-century rector of St Mary's Church (pictured) in Llanfair-yng-Nghornwy, Wales was awarded a gold medal for his attempt to save a boat during a gale? (2011-11-01)
... that CCM singer Matthew West co-wrote half of the tracks on the Casting Crowns's album Come to the Well? (2011-11-02)
... that the sound of the song "Here with Me" by MercyMe has been compared to the sound of alternative rock band Coldplay? (2011-11-03)
... that St Cuthbert's Church in Elsdon, Northumberland, England, had horse skulls in its bell turret? (2011-11-05)
... that George Flett was a farmer, gold prospector, trader and politician before becoming a missionary? (2011-11-06)
... that, when Ghenadie Petrescu (pictured) was ousted from his post of Metropolitan-Primate, Romania experienced protests and riots? (2011-11-07)
... that the first stanza of the hymn Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist, asking the Holy Spirit for the right faith most of all, is documented in German in the 13th century, and the later three relate to faith, love and hope? (2011-11-13)
... that the string sections on MercyMe's 2006 album Coming Up to Breathe were recorded at Abbey Road Studios by the London Session Orchestra? (2011-11-16)
... that Maurice Wilks, who invented the Land Rover, is buried at St Mary's Church, Llanfair-yn-y-Cwmwd in Wales (grave pictured)? (2011-11-16)
... that the church Michaelion was a model for hundreds of other churches in Eastern Christianity? (2011-11-17)
... that the cross in front of the Presidential Palace in Warsaw became a focus of a major controversy in 2010, regarding the relations between church and state in Poland? (2011-11-18)
... that Nag Hammadi Codex XIII is the only surviving copy of the Trimorphic Protennoia, an early Christian Gnostic text? (2011-11-19)
... that St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (pictured) in Albany, New York, has a Roman brick from the site of its model, St Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire? (2011-11-19)
... that MercyMe's independent album The Worship Project sold over 60,000 copies and helped them gain a contract with INO Records? (2011-11-20)
... that the students of Chester College helped to build its chapel between 1844 and 1847? (2011-11-21)
... that St Michael and All Angels' Church in Felton, Northumberland, has a window cut from a single stone that features eight petal flower patterning with geometrical tracery? (2011-11-22)
... that Nag Hammadi Codex II is the only complete manuscript of the Gospel of Thomas? (2011-11-22)
... that Peter Percival collaborated with Arumuka Navalar, a Hindu revivalist, to translate the Bible into Tamil? (2011-11-22)
... that St Edwen's Church, Llanedwen, is one of the few churches in Wales to be lit only by candles? (2011-11-23)
... that P. Oxy. 654 and P. Oxy. 655 are two of only three Greek manuscripts of the Gospel of Thomas? (2011-11-26)
... that Constantinos A. Patrides, the author of Milton and the Christian Tradition, earned a medal for heroism for his boyhood service with the Greek Resistance against the German Occupation? (2011-11-28)
... that although St Cynfarwy was active in Anglesey, Wales, in the 7th century, the age of the church dedicated to him (pictured) cannot be ascertained due to extensive rebuilding? (2011-11-28)
... that one 19th-century writer condemned the partial demolition of the old church dedicated to St Nidan in Anglesey, Wales, saying that its replacement (pictured) was "a painfully impressive example of architectural bad taste"? (2011-11-29)
... that the Cathedral of the Unity of the People in Alba Iulia was built to commemorate the Union of Transylvania with Romania, in the city where the union was proclaimed? (2011-12-01)
... that, six years after shocking the public with his primitivist paintings in 1910, Ion Theodorescu-Sion (self portrait pictured) was employed to depict the Romanian Armed Forces in action? (2011-12-01)
... that in the 16th century the Church of St. Mary of Constantinople (pictured) in Istanbul was the center of a quarter mainly inhabited by Italians deported from the city of Caffa in Crimea? (2011-12-04)
... that Bart Millard intended the music to the song "Word of God Speak" to mirror its overall lyrical theme? (2011-12-06)
... that All Saints Episcopal Church (pictured) is the oldest wooden-framed church in the city of Chicago? (2011-12-07)
... that a study conducted by the BBC series Son of God concluded that the skin of Jesus Christ would have been "olive-coloured" and "swarthy"? (2011-12-08)
... that Strict Baptists travelled from miles around to the remote Zoar Chapel (pictured) in East Sussex, so stables for 40 horses were built at the back? (2011-12-08)
... that Alexis Bachelot, who led the first Catholic mission to Hawaii, was suspected of being a covert agent of the French government by some Hawaiian chiefs? (2011-12-10)
... that an abolitionist pastor at New York's First Baptist Church of Tarrytown (pictured) was succeeded by a Confederate veteran who had walked to the church from Alabama? (2011-12-13)
... that Nikolaus Pevsner described All Saints' Church, Hertford, as "completely alien" in Hertfordshire? (2011-12-19)
... that when architect Sir Robert Smirke planned St Philip's Church in Salford, Greater Manchester (pictured), he re-used his design for St Mary's Church in Bryanston Square, London? (2011-12-21)
... that in 1884 Frederick Stanley Arnot determined that the Zambezi, the largest river flowing into the Indian Ocean from Africa, rose near Kalene Hill? (2011-12-22)
... that Emmaus United Methodist Church has helped survivors of the 2004 Gatumba massacre in Burundi resettle in Albany, New York? (2011-12-24)
... that Bach's earliest surviving Christmas cantata Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, which is scored lavishly but has "no music for the shepherds or for the angels", was performed in the Liebfrauenkirche in Halle (pictured)? (2011-12-25)
... that a 1640 Act of the Parliament of Scotland abolished the observation of Christmas in Scotland? (2011-12-25)
... that one critic thought Hulk Hogan's acting in Santa with Muscles made "Arnold Schwarzenegger seem like Laurence Olivier"? (2011-12-25)
... that in 1924 a rifle range was built in the basement of the parish hall at the Church of St. Barnabas in Irvington, New York? (2011-12-27)
... that the Church of St Thomas the Martyr, and the adjoining Monnow Bridge, were both damaged by fire in the Battle of Monmouth in 1233? (2011-12-27)
... that in Alpine countries, Saint Nicholas has a devilish companion named Krampus (pictured)? (2011-12-27)
... that St Leonard's Church in St Leonards-on-Sea was partly crushed by a collapsing cliff, and later destroyed when a damaged doodlebug crashed outside its doors? (2012-01-03)
... that when Tony Bennett broke a grand piano before a concert at the Brighton Dome, staff went to the Hounsom Memorial Church in Hangleton and borrowed theirs? (2012-01-05)
... that historians called Harry Toulmin the "frontier Justinian" for his work in codifying the laws of Kentucky, Alabama, and Mississippi Territory? (2012-01-08)
... that Intercession of Christ is the Christian belief in the continued intercession of Christ and his advocacy on behalf of mankind, even after he left the earth? (2012-01-08)
... that the American minister George Went Hensley taught that Christians should eschew baseball and embrace venomous snakes? (2012-01-09)
... that the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary (pictured) is the largest Catholic church in Russia? (2012-01-13)
... that Germanus of Winchester, an eleventh century English abbot, carried the newly discovered relics of a saint from their discovery location to Ramsey Abbey with his own hands? (2012-01-15)
... that Saint Benedict wanted his monks to prefer nothing to the love of Christ? (2012-01-16)
... that in medieval typology, Isaac carrying wood up the mountain for his sacrifice is the most common parallel for Christ carrying the cross? (2012-01-17)
... that Upper Michigan's Trinity Episcopal Church had to be rescued from floating down a canal? (2012-01-18)
... that a parishioner at the Methodist Church in Monmouth said she would buy an organ if the minister ever filled the church? (2012-01-21)
... that prolific Brighton architects Clayton & Black's works include churches, mansion flats, banks, cinemas and their "chef d'œuvre"—a pink granite insurance office (pictured)? (2012-01-22)
... that the Reformation spread to Switzerland following a dispute about sausages? (2012-01-24)
... that the 259-year-old Blenduk Church is the oldest church in Central Java? (2012-01-26)
... that because he believed the American government had been infiltrated by communists, one young US Marine discharged himself from the officer training program and joined the Rhodesian Security Forces instead? (2012-01-28)
... that Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore Diocese from 1965 until his death in 1996, was the longest-serving bishop in the diocese's history? (2012-02-02)
... that the First Congregational Church of Litchfield, now regarded as iconic, was replaced in 1873 after being said to have "not a single line or feature ... suggesting taste or beauty"? (2012-02-02)
... that in Christian doctrine, the Humiliation of Christ was willingly accepted by him? (2012-02-02)
... that Sandi Patty has won more GMA Dove Awards for Vocalist of the Year than anyone else? (2012-02-08)
... that according to legend, Robert Kirk was taken to fairyland for revealing the secrets of the Good People? (2012-02-08)
... that Revelation, the tenth studio album by the Christian rock band Third Day, was produced by Howard Benson, a Jew? (2012-02-12)
... that the song "Call My Name" by Christian rock band Third Day was covered by country singer Keith Urban? (2012-02-13)
... that pairs of figures personifying the Church and the Synagogue are found in Christian Medieval art? (2012-02-14)
... that a live concert performance of the Third Day song "Lift Up Your Face" was released along with the rest of the concert to benefit 2011 Joplin Tornado relief for Joplin, Missouri? (2012-02-14)
... that the ballad "Born Again" by the Christian rock band Third Day features vocals from Lacey Mosley of the alternative metal band Flyleaf? (2012-02-16)
... that a portion of the song "Make Your Move" by the Christian rock band Third Day was used during the 2010 football game between Alabama and Penn State? (2012-02-19)
... that the theft of the Sforza Hours is one of the earliest recorded examples of art theft in the Italian Renaissance? (2012-02-24)
... that, shortly after being sentenced to death for treason, Ioan C. Filitti became manager of the National Theatre Bucharest? (2012-02-29)
... that Penhale Sands (pictured) is believed to be the landing site of Saint Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall? (2012-03-05)
... that the 19th-century American female seminary movement, which aimed to give women educational opportunities, lent its name to a pair of similarly named institutions in Charleston, South Carolina, and Charlestown, Massachusetts? (2012-03-06)
... that 16th-century parishioners of St Mary Magdalene's Church, Bolney built the church's 66-foot (20 m) tower (pictured) in "an inspired community effort involving the whole village"? (2012-03-06)
... that, in the past, every landowner in the parish of St Margaret's Church in West Hoathly, West Sussex, was responsible for maintaining a specific section of the churchyard wall? (2012-03-07)
... that prior to becoming the Bishop of Southampton, Arthur Lyttelton was the first Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge? (2012-03-17)
... that places of worship in the district of Chichester, West Sussex, include a Buddhist monastery and a tin tabernacle (pictured)? (2012-03-18)
... that the Casting Crowns' song "East to West" received 78 adds in its first week, a record at Christian radio? (2012-03-26)
... that the 2011 film October Baby was based on the experiences of abortion survivor Gianna Jessen? (2012-03-26)
... that Scottish missionary to India Stephen Hislop discovered the fossil reptile Brachyops laticeps? (2012-03-26)
... that Pevsner called Arthur Blomfield's All Souls Church, Hastings a "serious town church", but claimed "absolutely nothing can be said" about the architect's St Leodegar's Church, Hunston? (2012-03-27)
... that Hans Uwe Hielscher played the 1500th weekly organ recital during market time at the Marktkirche in Wiesbaden in a series he initiated some 30 years earlier? (2012-03-27)
... that Etropole Monastery (pictured), the most important literary centre of northern Bulgaria in the 16th through 18th centuries, later sheltered national hero Vasil Levski in a specially built hideout? (2012-03-29)
... that the Throne of Maximian has scenes from the Book of Genesis carved into it? (2012-03-29)
... that before its restoration the Kasim Ağa Mosque in Istanbul was used as a shanty? (2012-04-07)
... that Christian rock band Casting Crowns' fourth studio album, Until the Whole World Hears, sold 167,000 copies in its first week? (2012-04-07)
... that the oldest volume in the Hereford Cathedral Library is the Hereford Gospels, dated to around the year 780? (2012-04-08)
... that former churches in Chichester, West Sussex, have been converted into a doll museum, a betting shop and a Chinese takeaway, among other things? (2012-04-11)
... that the Presbyterian Church of Victoria was formed in 1859 as a union of Church of Scotland, Free Presbyterian and United Presbyterian congregations? (2012-04-12)
... that the remains of the Bogdan Saray in Istanbul lie inside a tire shop? (2012-04-13)
... that poet William Wordsworth said of the site of Holy Trinity Church, Brathay (pictured), "there is no situation out of the Alps, nor among them, more beautiful than that where this building is placed"? (2012-04-13)
... that German conductor Martin Lutz developed the Schiersteiner Kantorei from a suburban church choir at the Christophoruskirche to one of the largest choirs in Hesse? (2012-04-17)
... that Truro Cathedral School existed long before Truro Cathedral? (2012-04-18)
... that the 2012 Preston Passion featured thousands of Preston residents and included Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs from Handel's Messiah? (2012-04-20)
... that St George's Church in Eastergate, West Sussex, is reached by walking through a farm whose "magnificent" Elizabethan granary is also used by the church? (2012-04-23)
... that the Baptism of Poland in 966 led to the emergence of Poland as a proper European state, recognized by other European powers? (2012-04-24)
... that the Toklu Dede Mosque (pictured) in Istanbul, a former Byzantine Church, was destroyed with its frescoes by its owner in 1929? (2012-04-30)
... that the Barcelona Papyrus is the oldest liturgical manuscript containing a complete anaphora? (2012-05-05)
... that Johannes Brahms composed two major works about death inspired by the Luther Bible, his Requiem as a young man, and Vier ernste Gesänge, when close to his own death? (2012-05-05)
... that the Balaban Aga Mosque in Istanbul, built in the Byzantine era, was demolished in 1930 because it stood in the way of a new road? (2012-05-08)
... that Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan erected a Koranic school and an elementary school near the Ese Kapi Mosque in Istanbul? (2012-05-09)
... that a letter from Charles McEwen Hyde prompted Robert Louis Stevenson to publicly express his belief that Father Damien would one day achieve sainthood? (2012-05-10)
... that the 1941 film Christmas Under Fire features people celebrating Christmas underground? (2012-05-12)
... that the Danish theological movement Tidehverv, represented in parliament from 2001 to 2011, published combined pamphlets by Martin Luther under the title "Against the Turk and the Jew" in 1999? (2012-05-12)
... that Steven Curtis Chapman's song "Yours" was the 45th number-one single of his career? (2012-05-14)
... that the Fourth Crusade to the Holy Land was called for by the 1198 papal bull Post Miserabile? (2012-05-16)
... that Bach created the cantata for Ascension (depiction pictured), Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, BWV 43, on text in eleven movements, from the Old Testament, New Testament, a poem and a chorale? (2012-05-17)
... that the desecrated Church of Christ of the Chalkè in Istanbul housed—at the same time—both wild animals and the painters and miniaturists working at Topkapı Palace? (2012-05-22)
... that the Liturgy of Saint Cyril is one of the three Anaphoras currently used by Coptic Christianity? (2012-05-24)
... that the ruin of St Mary's Kirk, Auchindoir, in northeastern Scotland has a highly decorated, stone sacrament house (pictured) set inside a former window? (2012-05-26)
... that Christian rock band MercyMe employed the London Symphony Orchestra to play strings on their album Undone? (2012-05-27)
... that Reformed theologian G. I. Williamson, in the tradition of Puritan Sabbatarianism, says viewing television, newspapers or magazines is improper for Sunday Sabbath? (2012-06-01)
... that St. Oswald's church, Oswaldkirk (pictured), hosted the first sermon of the future Archbishop of Canterbury and chaplain to Charles II, John Tillotson? (2012-06-03)
... that when three men wearing gloves, masks and balaclavas were found on the roof of a church (pictured) missing £100,000 worth of lead, they were let off because police said they "might be there just for the view"? (2012-06-11)
... that Domenico Ghirlandaio finished the frescoes of the Santa Fina Chapel (detail pictured) three years before the cult of Santa Fina was authorized by Pope Sixtus IV in 1481? (2012-06-14)
... that St Luke's Church in Christchurch, New Zealand, replaced an earlier church that was "ugly and barn-like"? (2012-06-14)
... that General Ulysses S. Grant held an outdoor council of war with his top generals on pews taken from the Massaponax Baptist Church? (2012-06-16)
... that Antarctic explorer Robert Falcon Scott worshipped at St Saviour's Chapel in Lyttelton, New Zealand, before embarking on the ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition? (2012-06-17)
... that St Mary's Church, Whitby (pictured), was the setting for a scene from Bram Stoker's Dracula? (2012-06-18)
... that the tower of the Trinity Congregational Church collapsed in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake after the New Zealand Historic Places Trust had declined consent for earthquake strengthening? (2012-06-18)
... that the number of Mandaeans in Iraq has fallen by more than 90% since the 2003 invasion due to religious persecution? (2012-06-22)
... that the Saint Thomas Christian music of India may preserve elements of the earliest Christian music due to the Saint Thomas Christian community's isolation and resistance to outside influence? (2012-06-24)
... that Church Clothes by Christian rapper Lecrae was controversial because it was hosted by Don Cannon and criticized church hypocrisy? (2012-06-26)
... that Holy Cross Church, Gilling, was at one time referred to as Saint Helena's after the Roman Empress whom legend says discovered the True Cross? (2012-06-26)
... that Christian rock band Third Day, inspired by their induction into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, aimed to show more of their southern roots in their 2010 album Move? (2012-06-27)
... that Casting Crowns' 2007 album The Altar and the Door sold 129,000 copies in its first week, the largest opening-week sales for a Christian album with no secular media support? (2012-06-28)
... that St Lawrence's Church, Appleby (pictured), in Cumbria, contains the monuments of Lady Anne Clifford and her mother Margaret, Countess of Cumberland? (2012-06-30)
... that St Mary's Church, Abbeytown, in Cumbria (west end pictured) was damaged by fire in 1604, and again in 2006? (2012-07-03)
... that St Michael's Church, Burgh by Sands, in Cumbria is unique in having had two fortified towers? (2012-07-03)
... that Casting Crowns' 2005 single "Lifesong" has been musically compared to rock band U2? (2012-07-04)
... that Third Day's song "Cry Out to Jesus" reached number one on Billboard's Christian chart three distinct times? (2012-07-04)
... that during the Antinomian Controversy, Anne Hutchinson (pictured) withstood two separate trials without counsel before being banished from Massachusetts? (2012-07-09)
... that American Jessie Ackermann is considered a major voice in the Australian women's suffrage movement? (2012-07-10)
... that Franciscan monk Pedro de Aguado wrote a history of northern South America in the late sixteenth century, which was not published for over 300 years? (2012-07-11)
... that in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Dacre (pictured), in Cumbria, there are four carved medieval bears? (2012-07-11)
... that the string arrangement on Casting Crowns' song "Joyful, Joyful" was compared to the string arrangement on Coldplay's song "Viva la Vida? (2012-07-13)
... that the Catholic Church issued two notifications regarding the Divine Mercy devotion, the second one reversing the first? (2012-07-13)
... that the grounds of St Ceinwen's Church, Cerrigceinwen, Wales, contain a spring once said to be able to "cure many diseases"? (2012-07-13)
... that Werner E. Ablaß played a major role in the closure of the Nationale Volksarmee during the German reunification? (2012-07-13)
... that Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell had been more afraid of meeting John Wheelwright on the football field than of later meeting an army on the battle field? (2012-07-14)
... that St Cuthbert's Church (pictured) near Edenhall in Cumbria, England, has a nave and a chancel dated from the 12th century, a tower from the 15th, and a vestry and stained glass windows from the 19th? (2012-07-21)
... that Henry Piggott's gravestone at St Giles' Church, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, states that he was born on 30 December 1715 and died on 7 March 1715? (2012-07-23)
... that St Mary's Church, Gosforth, Cumbria, is associated with "a unique Viking-age assemblage" of carved stones? (2012-07-24)
... that Puritan Reverend John Wilson implored Mary Dyer (pictured) to repent and not be "carried away by deceit of the devil" before her execution in Boston as a Quaker martyr? (2012-07-26)
... that St Oswald's Church, Grasmere, Cumbria (pictured), is notable for its associations with William Wordsworth and its annual ceremony of rushbearing? (2012-08-01)
... that the producers of Casting Crowns' eponymous debut album were Mark A. Miller, of country band Sawyer Brown, and contemporary Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman? (2012-08-09)
... that there are over sixty painted churches in Cyprus, although a number have been looted since 1974 (detached Pantokrator pictured in Texas)? (2012-08-10)
... that the first recordings of Gravity began in May 2012? (2012-08-16)
... that Albertus Soegijapranata, Indonesia's first Catholic bishop, was born a Muslim? (2012-08-17)
... that All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, England, contains memorials by John Michael Rysbrack and the Culpeper needlework, a 17th-century embroidered funeral pall? (2012-08-22)
... that in 1578 Reverend Francis Marbury, the father of Anne Hutchinson, was called by the Bishop of London an "ass, an idiot, and a fool", then sent to Marshalsea Prison for two years for his impudence? (2012-08-22)
... that the decoration on some of the Norman piers (example pictured) in St Mary's Church, Kirkby Lonsdale, is similar to that on the piers in Durham Cathedral? (2012-08-24)
... that during his life, Saint Nicetas the Patrician specialized in "healing men tormented by sexual desires"? (2012-08-25)
... that "If We Are the Body", Christian rock band Casting Crowns' debut single, utilizes the violin, mandolin, and accordion in its arrangement? (2012-08-26)
... that places of worship in the Kent borough of Tonbridge and Malling include converted barns and badminton halls, tin tabernacles and a former Swedenborgian church? (2012-08-27)
... that the churchyard of All Saints Church, Ulcombe in England contains a yew tree claimed to be more than 2,000 years old? (2012-09-05)
... that Blessed Guerric's relics, located at Igny Abbey in Arcis-le-Ponsart, are still venerated? (2012-09-06)
... that according to her memoirs, African American preacher Zilphia Elaw gave over a thousand sermons in Victorian Britain? (2012-09-06)
... that the Old English Lambeth Homilies (c. 1200), written in the Middle English period, share five homilies (and the Poema Morale) with the Trinity Homilies (c. 1200–25), which likewise preserve Old English forms? (2012-09-11)
... that Romanian Sandu Tudor, once a Futurist poet and libelous journalist, was proposed for canonization? (2012-09-17)
... that the reformer Konrad Hubert assisted Martin Bucer for 18 years at St. Thomas, Strasbourg, making Bucer's ideas and concepts readable? (2012-09-21)
... that Frederik Magle required the use of the thigh bone from a giraffe as an instrument in his symphonic suite Cantabile? (2012-09-22)
... that the original Cathedral of Saint Demetrius in Craiova, Romania, formed part of the unwalled city's defenses? (2012-09-24)
... that in a lost commentary on the Book of Genesis, Nerses IV the Gracious related the story of how some Armenian monks were allowed to see the Garden of Eden? (2012-09-24)
... that the Church of St Candida and Holy Cross in Whitchurch Canonicorum is the only parish church in England to have a shrine containing the relics of a saint? (2012-09-25)
... that although John Tarchaneiotes was the nephew of Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, he became one of the leaders of the Arsenites, who denounced Michael's legitimacy? (2012-09-27)
... that St Laurence's Church, Morland (pictured), has the only Anglo-Saxon tower in Cumbria? (2012-09-28)
... that part of John London's punishment for his role in a failed plot against Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer was to ride through several towns seated backwards on a horse and be pilloried? (2012-10-06)
... that the Giant's Grave (pictured) is in the churchyard of St Andrew's Church, Penrith, Cumbria? (2012-10-06)
... that Baseball Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack said that selling Herb Pennock was his greatest mistake? (2012-10-07)
... that St Columba's Church, Warcop, Cumbria, stands on the site of a former Roman camp, and in the medieval era was owned by Shap Abbey? (2012-10-09)
... that a stained glass window in St Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale, Cumbria, is to the memory of "the last female martyr burnt at Tyburn for the cause of the Protestant religion" in 1685? (2012-10-10)
... that the Leiden Glossary, produced c. 800 in St. Gallen, possibly preserves glosses by Aldhelm from Eusebius's Historia Ecclesiastica? (2012-10-11)
... that evangelist W. E. Biederwolf played football despite objections from his family? (2012-10-13)
... that successive Bishops of Râmnic played an important role in adopting Romanian as the liturgical language of the Romanian Orthodox Church, in place of Greek and Old Church Slavonic? (2012-10-15)
... that poet William Wordsworth described Wythburn Church in Cumbria (pictured) as a "modest house of prayer"? (2012-10-18)
... that the Battle of Trafalgar is commemorated today in Gibraltar's Trafalgar Cemetery, where some of the casualties are buried? (2012-10-21)
... that Mother Teresa's father Nikollë Bojaxhiu was the only Catholic member of the city council of Skopje and his company constructed the city's first theater? (2012-10-23)
... that All Saints Church in Lydd is the longest parish church in Kent at 199 feet (61 m)? (2012-10-24)
... that Karl Beth is considered one of the founding fathers of the psychology of religion? (2012-10-26)
... that Robert Burnell, founder of St Mary's Church, Acton Burnell, Shropshire, became Lord Chancellor of England, and then Bishop of Bath and Wells? (2012-10-27)
... that St Eata's Church, Atcham (pictured), in Shropshire, is uniquely dedicated to Eata of Hexham? (2012-10-28)
... that James Francis Carney was the first Archbishop of Vancouver born in the city? (2012-11-02)
... that Bach composed his motet for double choir Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, BWV 226 (autograph pictured), for the funeral of Johann Heinrich Ernesti at the Paulinerkirche? (2012-11-13)
... that St Giles' Church, Barrow, is one of the earliest surviving churches in Shropshire, and contains the county's only Saxon chancel? (2012-11-14)
... that the day they first met, Calvin Wooster caused his supervising elder to fall to the ground by praying for him? (2012-11-30)
... that after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, parts of St Mary the Virgin's Church, Bromfield, Shropshire, were converted into a house? (2012-12-06)
... that there are mermen on the pulpit of St James' Church, Cardington, in Shropshire? (2012-12-16)
... that three miracles drew pilgrims to Kippinge Church (pictured)? (2012-12-20)
... that the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, a cooperative effort involving six Christian denominations, has been described as "one of the more successful ventures in black ecumenism"? (2012-12-23)
... that Trinitatis Church was seriously damaged in the Copenhagen Fire of 1728 but was rebuilt in 1731? (2012-12-24)
... that it has been suggested that Father Christmas in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Father Christmas Letters may have been an inspiration for Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings? (2012-12-25)
... that William I of Germany was crowned German Emperor in the Schlosskirche within Königsberg Castle? (2012-12-26)
... that above the north doorway of St Laurence's Church, Church Stretton (pictured), is a sheila-na-gig? (2012-12-27)
... that Steindamm Church was destroyed during the Siege of Königsberg and rebuilt in 1263? (2012-12-27)
... that the Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora (pictured) in Greece was featured in the 1981 James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only? (2012-12-30)
... that Sonrise Church in Hillsboro, Oregon, is housed in a former Toshiba Ceramics America facility? (2013-01-08)
... that inside All Saints Church, Claverley, Shropshire, is a carving of two dragons nibbling a human head? (2013-01-09)
... that Progressive American journalist Benjamin Orange Flower (pictured) once defended Christian Science, claiming its followers were the recipients of a "persistent campaign of falsehood, slander and calumny"? (2013-01-11)
... that 19th-century British missionary Samuel Lyde sparked months of anti-Christian rioting in Palestine after killing a beggar? (2013-01-12)
... that St Mary's Church, Cleobury Mortimer, in Shropshire is notable for its twisted spire (pictured)? (2013-01-16)
... that the Hagia Triada Greek Orthodox Church in Istanbul was burnt during a riot in 1955? (2013-01-17)
... that the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity is the largest Orthodox Christian church in the Western Hemisphere? (2013-01-22)
... that in St Edith's Church, Eaton-under-Heywood (pictured), Shropshire, there are bosses carved with grotesques? (2013-01-23)
... that when Pope Alexander VI (pictured) issued his bull Dudum siquidem, the mention in it of India caused consternation in Portugal? (2013-01-24)
... that woodcarver Abel Schrøder, who crafted the altarpieces for the churches of Vester Egesborg, Undløse, and St Martin's, was also St Martin's organist? (2013-01-25)
... that Burning Lights by Chris Tomlin debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200? (2013-01-27)
... that the 4th-century Brescia Casket (pictured) has been called "among the most formidable and enduring enigmas in the study of early Christian art"? (2013-01-28)
... that one part of the Gorički zbornik, a Serbian medieval manuscript collection, was written by Jelena Balšić between 1441 and 1442? (2013-02-03)
... that West Virginia State Senator Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy also served three terms as mayor of Romney, West Virginia? (2013-02-06)
... that the founder of the Dami Mission church predicted the world would end on October 28, 1992, but used donations from his followers to purchase bonds that did not mature until after that date? (2013-02-07)
... that the current Mechanicsburg United Methodist Church (pictured) was the congregation's fifth church building in eighty years? (2013-02-09)
... that Republican David Pendleton was the Hawaiian House Minority Floor Leader from 1998 to 2002, and now sits on the Hawaii Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board as an administrative law judge? (2013-02-10)
... that John Collins Covell (pictured) served as principal of both the Virginia and West Virginia schools for the deaf and blind? (2013-02-14)
... that a Greek Orthodox Monastery in Cyprus has been turned into a storage house for the Turkish military? (2013-02-16)
... that the Church of the Holy Ghost in Tallinn was the first church in Estonia to worship in Estonian? (2013-02-25)
... that Heath Chapel in Shropshire is described as being the perfect example of a rich little Norman chapel? (2013-02-27)
... that professional golfer Bubba Watson was featured in the song "Michael Jackson" by hip hop artist Andy Mineo from his album Formerly Known? (2013-03-01)
... that Henry Bell Gilkeson (pictured) served as a House Delegate, State Senator, and school principal in West Virginia, as well as his county's schools superintendent and bar association dean? (2013-03-03)
... that First Congregational Church in Salt Lake City was the first non-Mormon church in Utah? (2013-03-04)
... that Christian reinterpretation of pagan traditions, sacred sites, and lore was officially sanctioned as a means to facilitate Christianization? (2013-03-04)
... that Giovanni Battista Agucchi (pictured), who became secretary to the Pope in 1623, was a friend of artists and a writer on Baroque art theory? (2013-03-05)
... that Royal Tunbridge Wells has a church dedicated to King Charles I that had no vicar for 33 years, an opera house that became a pub and a rugby club whose alumni include an RFU regional administrator and aftershave drinking Colin Smart? (2013-03-07)
... that the evangelistic training program Evangelism Explosion is used by over 20,000 churches worldwide? (2013-03-08)
... that Queen Wilhelmina visited the First Church in Albany, the second-oldest congregation in New York, on the occasion of its 300th anniversary? (2013-03-08)
... that after the Greek War of Independence broke out in 1821, Greeks were the targets of mass executions, pogroms, and looting in the Ottoman capital of Constantinople? (2013-03-10)
... that Pope Anastasius II was sent to the sixth circle of hell as a result of mistaken identity? (2013-03-11)
... that Saeed Abedini, an Iranian American Christian pastor, was sentenced to eight years in prison in Iran on charges of undermining national security? (2013-03-12)
... that criticisms made by John Cotton (pictured) about the doctrine of preparationism were a factor in the Antinomian Controversy and Anne Hutchinson's banishment from Massachusetts in 1638? (2013-03-13)
... that Arnold of Nijmegen's stained glass windows (pictured) in Tournai Cathedral show Queen Fredegund's plot to have her husband's rival assassinated? (2013-03-17)
... that two of Lecrae's albums have been called the most important albums in Christian hip hop? (2013-03-17)
... that in 1560, Nikolaus Herman published his book of hymns which follow the Gospels of the church year and primarily address children? (2013-03-18)
... that William Allen Whitworth was the first mathematician to publish Bertrand's ballot theorem, one of many misnamed mathematical theorems? (2013-03-18)
... that Sierk Coolsma baptised the first Sundanese Christians? (2013-03-24)
... that in art Doubting Thomas (pictured) normally thrusts his fingers into the wound of Jesus, but the Gospel of John does not say whether he did this? (2013-03-31)
... that one of the Easter traditions in Poland includes making and displaying of the Easter palm, the tallest of which can reach over 30 metres (98 ft)? (2013-03-31)
... that a Serbian monk named Lazar built the first mechanical clock in Russia in 1404, one of the first in Europe, at the request of Vasily I of Moscow? (2013-03-31)
... that the Quaker meetinghouse (pictured) in the Old Chappaqua Historic District, the oldest building in New Castle, New York, was used to treat Continental Army casualties of the Battle of White Plains? (2013-04-03)
... that in the chancel wall of Holy Trinity Church, Holdgate, Shropshire, is a sheela na gig? (2013-04-05)
... that the west portal and the main windows in the Church of St Christopher, Norris Green, Liverpool, are hyperbolic in shape? (2013-04-06)
... that the west front of the Church of St Dunstan, Liverpool, has been described as "impressive if rather curious"? (2013-04-07)
... that Elizabeth, queen of Henry VII of England, bought a belt that had touched the Girdle of Thomas (legend illustrated) to help her pregnancy? (2013-04-07)
... that the octagonal tower of St Luke's Church, Hodnet, is the only tower of its type in Shropshire? (2013-04-07)
... that throughout the 400-year history of Combermere Abbey (pictured), various of its abbots and priors were excommunicated, assaulted, murdered, and accused of forgery and covering up murder? (2013-04-08)
... that a series of mostly pagan uprisings in 1030s Kingdom of Poland threw the young Polish realm into chaos? (2013-04-08)
... that according to Thomas Jefferson, U.S. House Representative Alexander White reluctantly supported the Funding Act of 1790 bill "with a revulsion of stomach almost convulsive"? (2013-04-09)
... that Monastery of the Transfiguration of Kinaliada is where Byzantine emperor Romanos IV Diogenes was exiled after his eyes were gouged out? (2013-04-09)
... that the intro to "Already There", a song by Christian rock band Casting Crowns, was compared to U2's "Beautiful Day"? (2013-04-10)
... that Christian rock band Casting Crowns' song "American Dream" became the band's first music video? (2013-04-12)
... that Locko Preceptory is the only recorded Lazarite Preceptory in England? (2013-04-12)
... that the Church of St Paul, Liverpool, (pictured) was designed by Giles Gilbert Scott, who also designed Liverpool Cathedral? (2013-04-16)
... that the Bishop of Cambrai was benefactor of the monastic library at Groenendael Priory? (2013-04-16)
... that a liver bird survives in the bombed-out Church of St Luke, Liverpool (pictured)? (2013-04-18)
... that William O. Cushing (pictured), writer of the words of the hymn that inspired Rangers' Follow Follow anthem, gave his entire life savings to a blind girl for her to receive an education? (2013-04-19)
... that the Church of St. Margaret of Antioch was the centre of Anglo-Catholicism in 19th-century Liverpool? (2013-04-20)
... that Christian rock band Casting Crowns have performed their song "Who Am I" at a Bush-Cheney '04 campaign rally and the 2009 Spring Friendship Art Festival in North Korea? (2013-04-20)
... that Gresley Parish Church (pictured) was originally an Augustinian priory, founded in the 12th century? (2013-04-21)
... that the Gustav Adolfs Kyrka in Liverpool was W. D. Caroe's first independent commission to design a church? (2013-04-21)
... that Heroes for Sale by Andy Mineo mixes hip-hop with hymns, reggaeton, jazz, R&B, heavy metal, and classical? (2013-04-28)
... that St. Pierre Cathedral in Saint Pierre and Miquelon contains stained glass windows that were given by Charles de Gaulle during his 1967 visit? (2013-05-07)
... that St. Michael's Cathedral (pictured) in Sitka, Alaska, was pillaged by forces under Major General Jefferson C. Davis in 1867? (2013-05-12)
... that Hong Kong's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (pictured) was founded, officially opened, consecrated and bombed by the Japanese on December 8? (2013-05-14)
... that King's Mead Priory was the only Benedictine Nunnery in Derbyshire? (2013-05-18)
... that perfume critic Luca Turin considers the monks of Caldey Abbey to produce "simply the best lavender soliflore on earth"? (2013-05-21)
... that on the night of 24 February 1874, David Livingstone's corpse was placed in the tower of the Holy Ghost Mission in Bagamoyo, Tanzania? (2013-05-26)
... that in 1317, a canon from Beeston Priory had to travel to Rome to seek absolution from Pope John XXII for attacking the Bishop of Norwich with a sword? (2013-05-26)
... that a now nonexistent sixteenth-century crucifix inscription in Roholte Church (pictured) is considered to have been one of the oldest of its kind? (2013-05-28)
... that Rothley Temple was a preceptory of both the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitallers? (2013-05-30)
... that the 11th century church at Cocking, West Sussex had no dedication until, in April 2007, the congregation agreed to dedicate it to St Catherine of Siena? (2013-05-31)
... that 18th-century Virginia pioneer and physician Robert White previously served as a surgeon in the Royal Navy and was the father of U.S. House Representative Alexander White? (2013-06-01)
... that Cardinal Kollonitsch said he would "first render Hungary obedient, then destitute, and finally Catholic"? (2013-06-03)
... that Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church was founded by a woman who was wagered by her husband in a card game? (2013-06-05)
... that Debby Applegate studied pornographic writing techniques for her Pulitzer-winning The Most Famous Man in America? (2013-06-07)
... that only two small fragments remain from 1,333 square feet (123.8 m²) of Giotto's Navicella mosaic (copy illustrated) in Old St. Peter's Basilica? (2013-06-09)
... that Dejan was one of the prominent figures of the Serbian Empire? (2013-06-10)
... that the nuns of Medingen Abbey (pictured) produced a wealth of illuminated manuscripts in which they expanded Latin liturgy with vernacular prayers, lay-songs and meditations? (2013-06-10)
... that Saint Illtyd Church on Caldey Island, established in the 6th century, is reputedly the oldest Celtic church in Wales? (2013-06-11)
... that in the Roman Empire, the Rosalia was a floral commemoration of the dead observed by pagans, Jews, and Christians? (2013-06-11)
... that Repton Abbey is traditionally thought to have been founded by Saint David, and is the burial place of two Mercian Kings? (2013-06-12)
... that St Peter's Church, Llanbedrgoch, Wales, contains a reading desk made out of 15th-century bench ends, one of which is decorated with a carving of a mermaid? (2013-06-12)
... that Christianization of Bohemia in late 9th century was one of the factors leading to the Christianization of Poland a century later? (2013-06-16)
... that much of the success of the Christianization of Moravia is attributed to the work of Saints Cyril and Methodius? (2013-06-18)
... that St Mihangel's Church, Llanfihangel yn Nhowyn, Wales, was extended in 1988 by demolishing and reassembling St Enghenedl's Church, Llanynghenedl? (2013-06-19)
... that Virginia judge Robert White studied law under his uncle Alexander White while recovering from injuries received in the American Revolutionary War? (2013-06-20)
... that Francis White served as a U.S. Congressman, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia State Senator, and county sheriff? (2013-06-21)
... that Eva Brunne (pictured) is the first openly lesbian bishop in the world? (2013-06-23)
... that the Millionaire's Church is a Jersey City landmark? (2013-06-23)
... that John Donne's Devotions upon Emergent Occasions is one of only seven printed works he acknowledged authorship of? (2013-06-28)
... that places of worship in the Surrey district of Tandridge include a Latter-day Saints' Temple (pictured), a Neo-Byzantine United Reformed church and a converted school building? (2013-06-28)
... that Johannes Kuhn from Strassburg did the stucco work (pictured) in St. Andreas, the court church in Düsseldorf? (2013-06-28)
... that ChinaAid, Bob Fu's legal aid organization for Christians in China, is largely funded by wealthy oil magnates from Midland, Texas? (2013-06-30)
... that during his stay at the Kolobeng Mission, David Livingstone wrote in his memoir that the soil temperature in the sun at noon reached 134 °F (57 °C)? (2013-07-02)
... that during the American Civil War, court clerk John Baker White salvaged records from destruction by Union Army forces who later turned the Hampshire County Courthouse into a stable? (2013-07-10)
... that St Peter's Church, Ropsley, built in the 11th century, had a stained glass window erected in 1949 in honour of a Royal Air Force fighter pilot? (2013-07-11)
... that the recent popularity of Amish romance novels has been seen as a reaction to the increasing popularity of erotic fiction such as Fifty Shades of Grey? (2013-07-13)
... that in 2011, the teaching ministry of Christian pastor Chip Ingram was broadcast to 100 million households in Arab countries? (2013-07-13)
... that the 2013 album Extol marks the reunion of the band of the same name after a five-year hiatus? (2013-07-14)
... that St John the Evangelist's Church, Corby Glen (pictured) has extensive early 15th-century wall paintings? (2013-07-21)
... that when Great George Street Congregational Church, Liverpool, closed in 1967, it was converted into the first community arts project in the United Kingdom? (2013-07-22)
... that a door in the medieval Bunge church (pictured) on Gotland island still bears marks made by crossbow arrows and pikes? (2013-07-28)
... that after the destruction in 1941 of most of St Mary's Church, Walton-on-the-Hill, it was later rebuilt, retaining the exterior as before but creating a new interior? (2013-07-28)
... that as head of the English-language section of the Vatican Secretariat of State, Leo Cushley has been responsible for accompanying the Pope during all his visits to English-speaking countries? (2013-07-31)
... that Providence Chapel (pictured)—a former church in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England—was once a Napoleonic-era officers' mess and "would not be out of place in the remotest part of East Kentucky"? (2013-08-04)
... that the Church of St. Francis of Assisi (pictured) in Kraków Old Town in Poland displays an exact replica of the Shroud of Turin, consecrated by Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 2003? (2013-08-05)
... that the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, got soggy when it rained? (2013-08-07)
... that Dominican monks may have preached for a crusade against Livonia, Courland and Prussia in Lau Church on the Swedish island of Gotland? (2013-08-18)
... that Lye Church on the Swedish island of Gotland contains the best preserved set of medieval stained glass windows in all the Nordic countries? (2013-08-19)
... that Borley Church in Essex is known for its ghosts, its topiary walk (pictured), and its grave monuments? (2013-08-20)
... that the remains of Sweden's best-preserved early stave church were found under the floor of Hemse Church in 1896? (2013-08-21)
... that Daniel and Lucy Lindley founded Inanda Seminary School to ensure that schoolboys in South Africa would not have to marry "naked girls"? (2013-08-22)
... that Barking Abbey's (pictured) former abbesses include three saints, three queens, two king's daughters, and the sister of Thomas Becket? (2013-08-24)
... that the medieval triumphal cross (pictured) in Öja Church on the Swedish island of Gotland has been called "Gotland's most admired wooden sculpture"? (2013-08-24)
... that the Algonquian Bible was the first Christian Bible to be published in America? (2013-08-25)
... that places of worship in the Surrey district of Reigate and Banstead include a mosque in an old Methodist chapel, a church decorated with ancient artefacts from Constantinople, and a windmill (pictured)? (2013-08-25)
... that one of the unofficial mottos of Poland, God, Honor and Fatherland, likely originated from the Napoleonic motto of the Legion of Honour order? (2013-08-27)
... that architectural historians regard the Church of Holy Trinity and St George in Kendal to be the best of the three churches in the town designed by George Webster? (2013-08-28)
... that George of Izla's execution was instigated by Gabriel of Sinjar after a theological debate in Ctesiphon? (2013-09-02)
... that English and French monarchs were believed to possess the supernatural touch that could cure a form of tuberculosis known as the King's Evil (ritual pictured)? (2013-09-03)
... that St Michael's Church, Garston, is located between gas holders and a railway? (2013-09-05)
... that American aid workers Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry's memoir, Prisoners of Hope, recounts them killing 150 flies a day during their 2001 imprisonment by the Taliban? (2013-09-07)
... that 17th-century churches in Germany, Austria and Switzerland spent significant amounts of money decorating the corpses of unknown Christians so that they could be worshipped as saints? (2013-09-15)
... that both German soldiers and Polish concentration camp prisoners were treated at a war-time hospital close to Lärbro Church in Sweden? (2013-09-15)
... that The Sand-Covered Church (pictured) is a 14th-century Danish church partly demolished in the 1800s when the sand from the nearby dunes threatened it, leaving only the church tower still visible? (2013-09-22)
... that Bugby Chapel—a former place of worship in Epsom—has been used by Calvinists, Unitarians, Strict Baptists and Jews since it opened in 1779? (2013-09-25)
... that Rev. Samuel Merrill Woodbridge, a Rutgers College and New Brunswick Theological Seminary professor and minister, was the 11th generation in a family of clergymen stretching back to 1493? (2013-09-26)
... that upon losing his last shilling while gambling, Virginia statesman Gabriel Jones began staking the gold buttons on his coat? (2013-10-01)
... that the place where Sarah Wesley lived in Marylebone with her teetotal Methodist husband Charles Wesley is marked with a plaque on a pub wall? (2013-10-06)
... that because American Christian missionary Hulda Stumpf protested against female genital mutilation in Kenya, she was killed and perhaps ritually cut in retribution? (2013-10-11)
... that New York Yankees prospect Nik Turley was chosen with the third-to-last selection, 1,502nd overall, of the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft? (2013-10-20)
... that Vaksala Church was built next to a thing? (2013-10-22)
... that Virginia merchant Andrew Wodrow auctioned his entire inventory of imported British goods in 1775 to aid the American Revolutionary patriot cause in Boston? (2013-10-25)
... that during the Armenian Genocide, Christian missionary George E. White (pictured) claimed that girls were being sold for "$2 to $4 each"? (2013-10-26)
... that the diary of Christian missionary Elizabeth Barrows Ussher is said to have described "unspeakable cruelty"? (2013-10-27)
... that Harry Dorsey Gough was indicted for preaching at his own home during the American Revolution because he refused to swear the oath of allegiance to Maryland's rebel government? (2013-10-27)
... that there are fifteen runestones in or near Skånela Church (pictured), Sweden? (2013-10-27)
... that circuit rider Harry Hosier was the first African American to preach to a white congregation in the United States? (2013-11-05)
... that T.S. Eliot's 1928 poem "A Song for Simeon" includes passages from the Nunc dimittis prayer with allusions to the writings of Lancelot Andrewes, Dante, and John of the Cross? (2013-11-11)
... that Confederate captain Christian Streit White (pictured) later served as a county court clerk and president of the West Virginia Fish Commission? (2013-11-13)
... that William Carr Smith, the Christian Socialist rector of St James' Church, Sydney, challenged the Diocese by introducing Anglo-Catholic practices? (2013-11-13)
... that the Hus' House, a Hussite Church, became a Czech resistance radio station during the Prague Uprising? (2013-11-18)
... that the upper parts of the Medieval tower of All Saints Church, Odiham (pictured), were completely rebuilt in the 17th century? (2013-11-24)
... that the Etchmiadzin Cathedral (pictured) is considered the oldest cathedral in the world? (2013-11-25)
... that an Anglo-Saxon bowl and a Viking sword have been found in the churchyard of St James, Great Ormside? (2013-11-25)
... that criminal defense lawyer and West Virginia House Delegate James Sloan Kuykendall also served as mayor of his hometown Romney, West Virginia? (2013-11-29)
... that Kosovo Myth pictures Serbia as Antemurale Christianitatis, similarly to constructions of the other nations in the Balkans? (2013-11-30)
... that there is a double pyramid on top of the tower of St Mary's Church, Hopesay (pictured)? (2013-11-30)
... that set into the porch of Christ Church, Higher Bebington, is a stone with the footprint of an Archosaur? (2013-12-02)
... that an additional clock face was added at a higher level to the tower of All Saints Church, Thornton Hough because its founder could not see the lower one from his house? (2013-12-03)
... that St George's Church, Thornton Hough (pictured) was built for Lord Leverhulme, its architectural style reflecting his Nonconformity? (2013-12-03)
... that Henry Purcell's (pictured) choral anthem Remember not, Lord, our offences is a setting of a passage from Thomas Cranmer's Exhortation and Litany? (2013-12-05)
... that the veneration of Judas Thaddaeus in Mexico has been linked to crime? (2013-12-06)
... that the organ in Christ Church, Port Sunlight, is believed to be the largest extant four-manual Willis II organ still in its original condition and in everyday use? (2013-12-07)
... that St Tugual's Chapel on Herm is over 1,000 years old? (2013-12-12)
... that Shirley Erena Murray's hymns are published in more than 140 hymnals? (2013-12-14)
... that Philipp Nicolai wrote the hymn "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme", the base for Bach's cantata, after the plague hit his hometown? (2013-12-15)
... that Wenilo took an annual tribute of "one horse and a shield and lance" from the monastery of Saint-Rémy in Sens? (2013-12-19)
... that in his Nativity (pictured), Petrus Christus symbolizes the first mass by showing the angels dressed in vestments for the Eucharist? (2013-12-25)
... that Sondre Bratland's Christmas album Rosa frå Betlehem was recorded in the Church of the Nativity? (2013-12-25)
... that Elizabeth Hussey allowed the first of the tracts by the anonymous satirist Martin Marprelate to be printed on a secret press at her home at East Molesey in October 1588? (2014-01-01)
... that Stefan Vladislav of Serbia founded the Mileševa monastery? (2014-01-02)
... that Jane Aitken was the first woman to print an English-language Bible in the United States? (2014-01-06)
... that Skederid Church was built by the father of Saint Bridget of Sweden, who also had some of her first religious visions there? (2014-01-06)
... that the carol "We Three Kings" (Magi pictured) was the first American Christmas carol to be featured in the "prestigious" and "influential" British collection Christmas Carols Old and New? (2014-01-06)
... that Hezekiah Balch helped found Tusculum College, the first American college west of the Appalachian Mountains? (2014-01-10)
... that the Trinity Chapel in Salisbury Cathedral contains a 13th-century consecration cross painted on the wall? (2014-01-13)
... that Stonewall Jackson once woke his men by singing "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken" out of tune? (2014-01-13)
... that the thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon high cross (pictured) at Stapleford was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "by far the most important pre-Conquest monument" in Nottinghamshire? (2014-01-13)
... that the hymn Soldiers of Christ, Arise is known as "The Christian's bugle blast" due to the military-based call to arms in its lyrics? (2014-01-15)
... that the building of St Robert's Church, Pannal, North Yorkshire, was begun by brothers of the Trinitarian Order in the 14th century? (2014-01-17)
... that St John's Church, Egremont, has the largest unsupported ceiling in Merseyside? (2014-01-19)
... that Mathew Ahmann (pictured next to Martin Luther King, Jr.), a Catholic layman, made a speech preceding King's I Have a Dream during the 1963 March on Washington? (2014-01-20)
... that 95 churches in the USA and one in Haiti are both Primitive and Progressive? (2014-01-22)
... that when the Manor Church Centre in Egremont was completed, it was the largest Presbyterian church in England? (2014-01-26)
... that the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, the oldest Protestant seminary in the United States, started in the New York City home of the Rev. John Henry Livingston in 1784? (2014-01-27)
... that Asia Bibi is the first woman in Pakistan to be sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy? (2014-01-30)
... that the extended version of Lecrae's single "Round of Applause", from Church Clothes 2, was featured by Pepsi as one of "three songs you need to hear right now"? (2014-01-30)
... that the Bounty Bible (pictured) was presented to the Pitcairn Islands people 160 years after the mutineers from HMS Bounty settled there? (2014-02-01)
... that in St Hildeburgh's Church, Hoylake, is a stained glass window depicting a Boy Scout being embraced by an angel? (2014-02-02)
... that in John Rutter's Latin Magnificat of 1990, the text of the second movement is a poem to Mary, "Of a Rose, a lovely Rose"? (2014-02-03)
... that Mathilde, Abbess of Essen, is pictured with her brother Otto on the donor portrait of the Cross of Otto and Mathilde? (2014-02-06)
... that Archbishop Egbert of Trier (pictured) commissioned and carried a staff-reliquary containing what was said to be the staff of Saint Peter? (2014-02-14)
... that Roger McMurrin helped Ukrainian atheists to become Christians through their performance of Christian music in his orchestra? (2014-02-18)
... that Sverre Valen conducted his last concert in 2013, aged 88? (2014-02-21)
... that although unsuccessful, the 1915 Chilembwe uprising changed the nature of British rule in Nyasaland? (2014-02-23)
... that the Church of the Madonna dell'Archetto may be the smallest church in Rome? (2014-03-05)
... that in her quest to find a cure for leprosy, nurse Kate Marsden (pictured) travelled some 11,000 miles (18,000 km) across Russia? (2014-03-20)
... that St. Marks Presbyterian Church in Rogersville, Tennessee, was built in 1912 with separate entrances for men and women? (2014-03-20)
... that the Moravian Church Mission Ships were a series of twelve ships that made an annual voyage from London to the church's mission stations in Labrador every summer between 1770 and 1926? (2014-03-31)
... that the first vicar of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Beckwithshaw (pictured), was Charles Farrar Forster? (2014-04-09)
... that although Old Pine Church in Purgitsville, West Virginia, was built in 1838, the earliest burial sites in its cemetery date from as early as 1759? (2014-04-11)
... that the stained glass windows of the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fawsley, incorporate George Washington's family coat of arms? (2014-04-12)
... that legend holds that Holy Roman Emperor Louis the Pious, on hearing Theodulf of Orléans sing "All Glory, Laud and Honour", released Theodulf from exile and ordered the hymn sung every Palm Sunday? (2014-04-13)
... that "Ride On, Ride On in Majesty!" was once called one of the most popular Palm Sunday hymns? (2014-04-13)
... that the Church of St Cuthbert by the Forest in Mouldsworth, Cheshire, has a detached campanile? (2014-04-14)
... that the Knights Hospitaller owned a number of colonies in the Caribbean in the mid-17th century? (2014-04-14)
... that three of 16 stanzas of Paul Gerhardt's hymn "O Welt, sieh hier dein Leben" appear in Bach's Passions, two in St John and two in St Matthew? (2014-04-14)
... that architect William Swinden Barber (pictured in medieval costume) designed many 19th-century churches in northern England, often in a style based on buildings from the Middle Ages? (2014-04-14)
... that, according to the Blood Moon Prophecy, tonight's eclipse could be a sign that the end time is near? (2014-04-15)
... that round Munsö Church (pictured) was built to serve both a religious and a defensive purpose? (2014-04-15)
... that Bach used a stanza from "Vater unser im Himmelreich", Luther's versification of the Lord's Prayer, as a chorale in his St John Passion? (2014-04-15)
... that the Sterbelied "Valet will ich dir geben" is described in a subtitle as a song of consolation, in which a pious heart bids farewell to this world? (2014-04-16)
... that Ben-Hur (publicity pictured) had so much unused footage, Charlton Heston used some in Antony and Cleopatra? (2014-04-17)
... that ten copies of the Goražde Psalter (page pictured), printed in 1521, are known to exist today? (2014-04-17)
... that the third verse of Martin Schalling's death song "Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr" concludes Bach's St John Passion in its first and fourth version, ending with "praise you for ever"? (2014-04-18)
... that the New Testament narratives of the mocking of Jesus (pictured) are filled with irony? (2014-04-18)
... that according to the Vulgate translation of the New Testament, Pontius Pilate said "Quod scripsi, scripsi" to Jewish priests who objected to his description of Jesus as King of the Jews? (2014-04-18)
... that Mr. Bean once sang "All Creatures of Our God and King"? (2014-04-20)
... that "Jesus Christ is Risen Today"? (2014-04-20)
... that the hymn "Thine Be the Glory" is based on the resurrection of Jesus? (2014-04-20)
... that St Mary's Church, Preston, is now a conservation centre? (2014-04-25)
... that Preston Central Methodist Church was one of the first public buildings in England to be lit by gas? (2014-05-03)
... that "Onward, Christian Pilgrims" has replaced "Onward, Christian Soldiers" in some British hymnals? (2014-05-08)
... that Betty Bone Schiess is one of the Philadelphia Eleven, leaders in the movement to allow the ordination of women in the Episcopal Church? (2014-05-09)
... that Euthymius, the metropolitan bishop of Sardis, played a leading role in the ending of the first period of Byzantine Iconoclasm, and was martyred (pictured) during the second? (2014-05-09)
... that although Seventh-day Adventism is Jamaica's largest religion, former Adventist leader Patrick Allen is the nation's first Adventist Governor-General? (2014-05-09)
... that Serbian Orthodox monk Jovan Maleševac collaborated in 1561 with the Protestant reformer Primož Trubar to print religious books in Cyrillic? (2014-05-13)
... that in 1869 St Thomas' Church, Preston, contained a curtained pew that was occupied by the local Member of Parliament? (2014-05-13)
... that City Church, Preston (pictured), which is now Pentecostal, was originally a Wesleyan Methodist Church? (2014-05-16)
... that Euthymius I became Patriarch of Constantinople because his predecessor, Nicholas Mystikos, refused to sanction Emperor Leo VI's un-canonical fourth marriage? (2014-05-16)
... that St Joseph's Church, Preston, was built in a district of the town containing cotton mills, and was dedicated to Saint Joseph, the patron saint of workers? (2014-05-18)
... that rapper Da' T.R.U.T.H. was able to experiment with diverse musical styles on Heartbeat because he released it through his own, newly established label? (2014-05-20)
... that the hymn "Jesu, meine Freude" (Jesus, my joy) by Johann Franck and Johann Crüger mentions singing in defiance of the "old dragon", death, and fear? (2014-05-23)
... that Stop the Music, the debut album by brother-sister hip hop duo New Breed, features a Latin influence that highlights the duo's Puerto Rican heritage? (2014-05-24)
... that Indian reverend P.B.M. Basaiawmoit‎ led campaigns against uranium mining in Meghalaya? (2014-05-26)
... that merchant David Olyphant of Olyphant & Co. was responsible for the dispatch of the first American Protestant missionary to China? (2014-05-27)
... that Paul Palaiologos Tagaris was an Orthodox monk and impostor, who at one point claimed to be the Patriarch of Jerusalem, and even managed to be named Latin Patriarch of Constantinople by the Pope? (2014-05-31)
... that Fishergate Baptist Church in Preston, Lancashire, contains four wheel windows? (2014-06-03)
... that Jesuit priest Carlos G. Vallés was awarded Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak, the highest literary award in the Gujarati language, in 1978? (2014-06-04)
... that Propaganda followed up his Excellent album with his fourth solo release, Crimson Cord? (2014-06-04)
... that Christopher Senyonjo, a retired bishop of the Church of Uganda who opposed "draconian" anti-gay legislation, was honored by former US president Bill Clinton? (2014-06-05)
... that on the album Tunnel Vision, Tunnel Rats leader Dax Reynosa responded to claims that his group was too aggressive with the line "I pull a pistol out my pocket and I cock it"? (2014-06-11)
... that the compilation album Underground Rise, Vol. 1 features about thirty-five rappers, and was recorded almost entirely over a single weekend? (2014-06-11)
... that "The Summons" includes 13 questions asked in the voice of Jesus? (2014-06-12)
... that Below Paradise by Tedashii explores his efforts to come to grips with the death of his young son? (2014-06-15)
... that the album Tunnel Rats by the hip-hop collective of the same name featured a more mainstream and diverse production style than previous albums? (2014-06-15)
... that war photographer Robert Capa and his brother Cornell are buried in the cemetery at Amawalk Friends Meeting House (pictured) near Yorktown Heights, New York, even though neither was a Quaker? (2014-06-17)
... that Sweden's medieval Läby Church was abandoned in 1890 but reopened in 1928? (2014-06-21)
... that the 12th-century baptismal font in Barlingbo Church carries runic inscriptions? (2014-06-22)
... that the founder of All Saints Church, Scholar Green, Cheshire, died during its construction, and the church was completed and paid for by his son? (2014-06-23)
... that CCM Magazine called the debut album by Christian pop singer V. Rose an "upbeat pop production set to spiritually-grounded lyrics"? (2014-06-23)
... that the nave of the Church of St Thomas, Thurstonland, England, contains an arch-braced hammerbeam roof (pictured)? (2014-06-24)
... that Gryta Church preserves paintings attributed to a student of Albertus Pictor? (2014-06-29)
... that Roma Abbey on Gotland has been the site of a medieval abbey, a crown estate manor, and a military base? (2014-06-29)
... that seafarers have used the tower of Sweden's Rone Church as a navigational aid since the Middle Ages? (2014-06-30)
... that although once celebrated, a renovation completed in 1914 of medieval Dalhem Church (pictured) has been called a "harsh and loose reconstruction of the Middle Ages"? (2014-07-02)
... that the rood screen (pictured) in St John the Evangelist's Church, Kirkham, designed by Augustus Pugin in the 1840s, was moved and altered in the 1890s by the parish priest? (2014-07-03)
... that American circus pioneer Hachaliah Bailey likened the 22-by-32-foot (7 by 10 m) West Somers Methodist Episcopal Church in Somers, New York, to a tiger's cage? (2014-07-08)
... that filmmaker Ingmar Bergman is buried in the cemetery of Sweden's Fårö Church (pictured)? (2014-07-09)
... that Winfield, Kansas, was named in honor of Winfield Scott in return for his promise to build the town a church? (2014-07-10)
... that the bells of Roma Church, Sweden, originally came from a Swedish-speaking village in Ukraine? (2014-07-11)
... that the Counter-Reformation in Poland concluded successfully with the Repnin Sejm of 1768, which abolished legal discrimination against religious dissidents? (2014-07-14)
... that Geistliche Chormusik, a collection of 29 motets by Heinrich Schütz (pictured) containing a "plea for peace", appeared in 1648, when the Thirty Years' War ended? (2014-07-14)
... that Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum contains the first organ to be used in a Primitive Methodist chapel? (2014-07-23)
... that the wealthy couple who built the Episcopal church in Cumberland Furnace, Tennessee, had shocked Nashville society with their 1864 marriage? (2014-07-24)
... that ". :(" is a song from Forever After? (2014-07-26)
... that Kalix Church (pictured) in Sweden has twice been pillaged by Russian troops? (2014-07-26)
... that on the album The Night We Called It a Day, vocalist Listener reads a verse complete with its punctuation? (2014-07-26)
... that on Hope in Front of Me, former American Idol contestant Danny Gokey moved from his previous country music sound toward a more blue-eyed soul style? (2014-07-29)
... that Nederluleå Church is the largest medieval church in the Swedish land of Norrland? (2014-07-30)
... that Cheshire's Norcliffe Chapel was founded by a Unitarian, but was a Baptist chapel for its first ten years? (2014-08-01)
... that the Vicar of Brighton got shot in the twitten? (2014-08-05)
... that the walls of St Peter's Church, Parr, in Merseyside, England, contain industrial waste? (2014-08-06)
... that John Gregorson Campbell was at the same time a church minister and a folklorist? (2014-08-11)
... that Saint Boniface allegedly used a book to ward off Frisian sword blows at his martyrdom in 754 (pictured)? (2014-08-16)
... that in a 1966 interview John Lennon remarked that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus"? (2014-08-18)
... that the oldest memorial in All Saints' Church, Runcorn, Cheshire, is dedicated to two women, "both good wives"? (2014-08-21)
... that a single village churchyard (pictured) contains the graves of George Orwell, Earl Asquith, and David Astor? (2014-08-27)
... that Ambrose explained in a neoplatonic sermon how death is a good thing? (2014-09-02)
... that the land for St Luke's Church, Formby, was donated by a doctor, and the church is dedicated to the patron saint of doctors? (2014-09-04)
... that a planned parapet was never added to the tower of St Nicholas' Church, Whiston, in Merseyside because of the danger of subsidence? (2014-09-05)
... that Walter W. Law went from being a carpet salesman to shipping 8,000 roses daily, earning up to US$100,000 annually? (2014-09-05)
... that Colonel Elliott Fitch Shepard was president of the New York State Bar Association, and a Union recruiter, wealthy landowner, church founder, and newspaper owner? (2014-09-09)
... that the Baptist minister James McLemore, founder of the Antioch Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, owned the wife and child of black preacher Caesar Blackwell, who had been bought for US$625 by the Alabama Baptist Association in 1828 to preach to mixed audiences? (2014-09-10)
... that the Georgian nave of St Peter's Church, Formby, Merseyside, and its Gothic Revival chancel have been described as creating a "jarring contrast"? (2014-09-11)
... that St Helen's Church, in St Helens, Merseyside, has been described as "the focal point of the town"? (2014-09-14)
... that Ecce sacerdos magnus by Anton Bruckner is a sacred work "of almost barbaric intensity"? (2014-09-17)
... that in the village of Billinge, Merseyside, both the Anglican St Aidan's Church and the Roman Catholic St Mary's Church (pictured) have Doric-style entrances? (2014-09-20)
... that the choir of Holy Trinity Church, Southport, apart from the two cathedrals, is the only choir in the Diocese of Liverpool to regularly sing a full midweek choral evensong? (2014-10-04)
... that St George's Church, Southport, has a tall broach spire with two tiers of lucarnes? (2014-10-06)
... that Marcus Morris, the founder of the Eagle comic, was vicar of St James' Church, Birkdale in the 1940s? (2014-10-09)
... that Scottish religion in the seventeenth century included intense conflicts between Presbyterian Covenanters and government forces? (2014-10-17)
... that the 6th-century Kızıl Kilise (pictured) is one of the oldest churches in Turkey's Cappadocia region? (2014-10-23)
... that the ceiling of St Mary's Church, Little Crosby is painted with the Litany of Our Lady? (2014-10-26)
... that following a fire in 1972, three new vestries in Modernist style were added to the apse of the chancel of St Luke's Church, Great Crosby? (2014-10-27)
... that places of worship in the borough of Guildford include a former telephone exchange, two 19th-century barns and the "Bingo Chapel"? (2014-10-30)
... that Anton Bruckner's Ave Maria for seven voices, the first motet composed after his studies, was sung by his choir in the Linz Cathedral (pictured)? (2014-11-05)
... that white supremacist Earnest Sevier Cox referred to his long friendship with black separatist Marcus Garvey as "a spiritual understanding"? (2014-11-05)
... that during the American Civil War, Middletown, Virginia's St. Thomas Chapel (pictured) was used first as a Confederate hospital and later as a Union stable? (2014-11-15)
... that the English harvest hymn "Come, Ye Thankful People, Come" is also a popular Thanksgiving song in the United States? (2014-11-27)
... that on the Church of St Teresa of Avila, Birkdale, there is a flèche over the crossing, and a bellcote on the gable of the north transept? (2014-11-28)
... that 16th-century Spanish friar Domingo de Vico was sacrificed after scolding an Acala Ch'ol ruler over how many wives he had? (2014-12-01)
... that the Varagavank monastery was the site of Armenian resistance to Turkish government forces during the Armenian Genocide? (2014-12-01)
... that poet Jackie HillPerry has started branching out into hip hop music, releasing her debut album in November 2014? (2014-12-08)
... that when consecrated, Visby Cathedral (pictured) in Sweden housed two congregations, one for city residents and one for visitors? (2014-12-08)
... that to celebrate the Catholic victory at the Battle of Besançon in 1575, masses were held at St. Stephen's Cathedral and St. Jean's Cathedral? (2014-12-11)
... that the Church of the Holy Family, Ince Blundell, contains an altarpiece and grisaille paintings by Gebhard Flatz? (2014-12-12)
... that the albums Satellite Kite and Instruments of Mercy earned Beautiful Eulogy a status as one of the most innovative hip-hop acts in Portland, Oregon? (2014-12-14)
... that Martin Luther's hymn "Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin", a reflection of the canticle of Simeon, is the base of funeral music by Schütz, Buxtehude and Bach? (2014-12-18)
... that St Nicholas' Church, Wallasey (pictured), is also known as the Golfer's Church? (2014-12-21)
... that Libby Lane is the first woman to be appointed a bishop by the Church of England? (2014-12-25)
... that "See, Amid the Winter's Snow" calls for the listener to "Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem"? (2014-12-25)
... that Nicolas Zamora (pictured) was the first Filipino Protestant minister in the Philippines and is credited with the foundation of the first indigenous evangelical church in the Philippines? (2014-12-29)
... that Robert Cade led the research team that formulated Gatorade, which has significant medical application in the treatment of dehydration? (2015-01-02)
... that Graham Usher, an Anglican bishop, is also interested in ecology? (2015-01-11)
... that singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist Ole Børud was a member of Arnold B. Family, a gospel group that achieved second place in Norway's 1995 finals for the Eurovision Song Contest? (2015-01-13)
... that the truncated spire of St Paul's Church, Seacombe (pictured during reconstruction) was restored to its original height using a stainless-steel frame? (2015-01-13)
... that Luther's German Te Deum, "Herr Gott, dich loben wir", was set by Bach in cantatas for New Year's Day and by Mendelssohn to celebrate the millennium of the German Reich? (2015-01-15)
... that English missionary James Sibree helped design and build approximately 50 churches in Madagascar in addition to writing books about the island's flora and fauna? (2015-01-15)
... that some of the doors of the Fru Alstad Church (pictured), Sweden, have bullet holes dating to the 17th century? (2015-01-25)
... that medieval Gislöv Church in Sweden may have been built for an exiled Norwegian bishop? (2015-01-26)
... that Polish saint Maximilian Kolbe volunteered to die in place of a stranger in the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz? (2015-01-26)
... that people objecting to militarism in "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus" do not stand to sing it? (2015-01-27)
... that although the Greek Orthodox bishop of Korçë, Photios, took initiatives for the promotion of the local education, he was assassinated in 1906 for not supporting Albanian cultural activity? (2015-01-28)
... that in the Church of St John the Divine, Holme Chapel, is a misericord depicting a mermaid with a mirror? (2015-02-02)
... that medical missionary Victor Clough Rambo removed nineteen cataracts in one day using a desk as an operating table? (2015-02-03)
... that six different sects share one parliamentary seat in Lebanon? (2015-02-04)
... that the cemetery of Capon Chapel is the burial place of free and enslaved African Americans, Union and Confederate American Civil War veterans, and two state legislators? (2015-02-08)
... that Christian Socialism in Utah prompted a debate on whether "socialism or individualism was taught by the New Testament as a basis for Christian government"? (2015-02-08)
... that Romanian writer Ion Agârbiceanu was influenced in his work by the four years he spent as a parish priest in the Apuseni Mountains? (2015-02-09)
... that the Serb Uprising of 1596–97 came to an end due to lack of foreign support and defeat at the field of Gacko? (2015-02-14)
... that God's Choice was the fruit of a late-1970s 18-month ethnographic study of a 350-student Christian fundamentalist Baptist K–12 day school in Illinois? (2015-02-16)
... that "Geh aus, mein Herz, und suche Freud", written by Paul Gerhardt after the Thirty Years War, was translated as "Go Forth, My Heart, and Seek Delight"? (2015-02-19)
... that Methodist preacher Stephen G. Roszel opposed abolition? (2015-02-21)
... that Mila Tupper Maynard is thought to be the first female minister in Nevada? (2015-03-02)
... that Lev Tolstoy is buried in the cemetery of Sireköpinge Church (pictured) in Sweden? (2015-03-15)
... that the production team on the downloadable expansion Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham wanted the expulsion of Jews to hurt players in the long run? (2015-03-17)
... that the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge walked 22 miles (35 km) to preach at the Taunton Unitarian Chapel? (2015-03-18)
... that until 2008 there was no men's football officially played on Sundays in Northern Ireland? (2015-03-29)
... that Luther thought the communion hymn "Jesus Christus nostra salus" by Jan of Jenštejn (pictured), archbishop of Prague, was actually by martyr Jan Hus? (2015-04-02)
... that "Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gotteszorn wandt", Luther's hymn for the Eucharist based on a Latin model, includes thoughts from his sermons during Lent of 1524? (2015-04-02)
... that the Anuradhapura cross is the most ancient symbol of Christianity in Sri Lanka? (2015-04-03)
... that "Lift High the Cross" has been viewed as supporting a Johannine description of the Passion of Christ? (2015-04-03)
... that a chorale fantasia on "O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß" (O man, bewail thy sins so great) by Sebald Heyden concludes Part I of Bach's St Matthew Passion (incipit pictured)? (2015-04-03)
... that Thomas Bryan Martin served in the House of Burgesses alongside George Washington and managed his uncle Lord Fairfax's 5,000,000-acre (20,000 km²) Northern Neck Proprietary? (2015-04-04)
... that "Christ the Lord Is Risen Again!" in English is cut down from the German version because the words didn't fit? (2015-04-05)
... that the candy-striped Church of St John the Baptist, Kerch (pictured) is one of the oldest churches in Eastern Europe? (2015-04-05)
... that the Dutch author Louise Sophie Blussé wrote the memoirs of Maria Leer (pictured), a prophetess who, with former barge skipper Stoffel Muller, founded the Zwijndrechtse nieuwlichters, a Protestant sect with communist leanings? (2015-04-12)
... that the Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, Goa, (pictured) is built in Baroque style in the shape of a wedding cake? (2015-04-12)
... that a church's 1510 spiral of justice (pictured) declares: "Justice suffered in great need. Truth is slain dead. Faith has lost the battle"? (2015-04-23)
... that the stones of Surb Karapet Monastery (pictured), destroyed during the Armenian Genocide, were used to build houses in a Kurdish village? (2015-04-24)
... that West Virginia lawyer Samuel Lightfoot Flournoy was appointed by Governor Homer A. Holt to the Charleston Civil Service Board, on which he served as president and spokesperson? (2015-04-27)
... that according to legend, the twin towers of Färlöv Church in Sweden were built by a knight's wife to let him know he had twins? (2015-04-28)
... that the unusual round tower of the medieval Hammarlunda Church probably served a defensive purpose? (2015-05-02)
... that Head of Christ (pictured) by Correggio was likely intended for private devotion? (2015-05-02)
... that Ziona of Baktawng village, Mizoram, India holds the world record as head of the "world's largest existing family" with 39 wives, 94 children, and 33 grandchildren, all living? (2015-05-02)
... that the rapper Lecrae was the first hip hop artist to receive a Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album? (2015-05-03)
... that on August 15, 1774, Christ Church, Newton (pictured), an Episcopal church in Newton, New Jersey, was granted a charter by Royal Governor William Franklin on behalf of Britain's King George III? (2015-05-07)
... that "The God of Abraham Praise" has been called the Christian "hymn born in a synagogue"? (2015-05-10)
... that the spire of the Sacred Heart Church in Fiji has a neon light in the form of a cross, which is used by ships for navigation? (2015-05-12)
... that Hebron Church was founded by German settlers in 1786, making it the first organized Lutheran church west of the Shenandoah Valley? (2015-05-13)
... that in 2013, Lecrae (pictured, left) became the first artist to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and the Top Gospel Albums charts? (2015-05-15)
... that Thomas Olivers was buried in John Wesley's grave, despite Wesley's erstwhile complaint that Olivers was "murdering" his magazine? (2015-05-15)
... that it's not entirely clear why Hammarlöv Church has a round tower? (2015-05-21)
... that Salve Regina, composed by Arvo Pärt to venerate the Golden Madonna of the Essen Cathedral (detail pictured), "builds very gradually to a late, majestic climax"? (2015-05-23)
... that Clarence Darrow claimed judges would say, when passing a death sentence, "May God have mercy upon your soul", because they felt they didn't have the authority to destroy souls? (2015-05-28)
... that while on tour in Brazil to promote its new album Omen, the band Antestor was attacked by Satanist black metal fans angered by the Christian beliefs of the band members? (2015-05-30)
... that the burial shroud of Moldavian Princess consort Maria of Mangup (pictured) is both the oldest found in a Romanian monastery and "the most beautiful one"? (2015-06-07)
... that Iglesia de San Felipe contains a statue of Cristo Negro (Black Christ), which was found on the shores of Portobelo harbor, Panama? (2015-06-11)
... that evangelist James W. Fifield Jr. founded the Spiritual Mobilization organization in 1935? (2015-06-11)
... that West Virginia Attorney General Robert White secured tax revenues from railroad companies and belligerent rights for former Confederate soldiers? (2015-06-11)
... that Luther's hymn about baptism, "Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam", is the basis for Bach's chorale cantata for the feast of John the Baptist? (2015-06-25)
... that the order in which Mass-goers kissed the pax led to disputes and sometimes violence in the Middle Ages? (2015-06-26)
... that St John's Church, Silverdale, is notable for the high quality of the stone carvings in its interior? (2015-06-29)
... that Paul Gerhardt's hymn "Du meine Seele singe" (You my soul sing), a paraphrase of Psalm 146, became known for a melody beginning with a rocket motif? (2015-06-30)
... that Bach's cantata Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21, probably served for both a memorial service and for job applications, and certainly for the Third Sunday after Trinity in 1714 and 1723? (2015-07-01)
... that "Praise to the Living God" can be used in both Jewish and Christian worship as a hymn written for interfaith use? (2015-07-04)
... that Andrew Brown was strongly critical of the role of Charles Lawrence, acting governor of Nova Scotia, in the Acadian Expulsion? (2015-07-06)
... that the original Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (replacement pictured) was burned to the ground after Denmark Vesey, one of the church's founders, was implicated in a slave revolt plot? (2015-07-11)
... that architectural historians have commented that the battlements of St John the Evangelist's Church, Yealand Conyers, are clumsy and the hood moulds lumpy? (2015-07-12)
... that lawyer and West Virginia state senator William C. Clayton was an incorporator of two railroad companies and principal of at least three schools, including the Romney Classical Institute? (2015-07-18)
... that John Wesley began writing Explanatory Notes Upon the New Testament because he was too ill to preach? (2015-08-01)
... that the Lutherkirche in Wiesbaden has two great organs, one behind the altar (pictured) built by Walcker in 1911, the other opposite built by Klais in the 1970s? (2015-08-02)
... that Iona was the main centre for the Christianisation of Scotland until 806, when 68 monks were killed in a Viking raid? (2015-08-08)
... that it has been said that man prefers Noah's wine to Adam's ale? (2015-08-21)
... that the clergyman Arthur Wagner had such a large collection of valuable books and manuscripts that it took three days to sell them after his death? (2015-08-29)
... that Hedley Sparks, a Biblical scholar, was awarded a scholarship to Oxford University after he was the only person to show up to the exam? (2015-09-06)
... that the text of Bach's "Fürchte dich nicht", BWV 228, a motet for a double choir composed for a funeral, contains two verses by Isaiah that both begin with "Do not fear"? (2015-09-09)
... that the British pharmacist Stafford Allen assisted Harriet Ann Jacobs as she led efforts to help ex-slaves after the American Civil War? (2015-09-12)
... that St. Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata (pictured), the largest in the city, was the first Episcopal Church of Asia and the first to be built in the overseas territory of the British Empire? (2015-09-13)
... that the Huguenot-Walloon half dollar was controversial for being sponsored by a religious group? (2015-09-17)
... that the Orange is the New Black character Tiffany Doggett is based on a real-life prisoner? (2015-09-18)
... that Pope Theodore II was only Pope for twenty days? (2015-09-23)
... that Joseph Sprigg (pictured) was the first Democratic Attorney General of West Virginia and the first president of the West Virginia Bar Association? (2015-09-26)
... that Ich lasse dich nicht, BWV Anh 159, a motet for double choir based on a verse from Jacob's Ladder, was attributed to Johann Christoph Bach, but more recently to J. S. Bach? (2015-10-04)
... that Arvo Pärt composed De profundis, a setting of Psalm 130 in Latin for men's choir, organ and optional percussion, after he left Estonia for the West? (2015-10-06)
... that the Dormition of the Theotokos Church (pictured) in Labovë e Kryqit, founded by Emperor Justinian I, is one of the most representative examples of Byzantine architecture still standing in Albania? (2015-10-11)
... that Daniel 4 is the only chapter in the Book of Daniel that is in the form of a letter from King Nebuchadnezzar? (2015-10-13)
... that Woodrow Wilson believed that Beautiful Isle of Somewhere was bad for children? (2015-10-25)
... that Godalming's Roman Catholic, Quaker, and Unitarian (pictured) places of worship, former Congregational chapel, and former Salvation Army hall are all Grade II listed buildings? (2015-11-01)
... that Michael Francis Egan served as the first Bishop of Philadelphia from 1808 to 1814? (2015-11-02)
... that places of worship in Waverley, Surrey include a former Strict Baptist chapel founded in a loft by a Jewish convert? (2015-11-11)
... that Stan and Jan Berenstain had to provide 20,000 sketches of the Bear Family before animators began working on The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree, their first NBC television special? (2015-11-17)
... that the harvest and Thanksgiving hymn "We Plough the Fields and Scatter" has been parodied by John Betjeman as a protest against modern farming methods? (2015-11-26)
... that the 14th-century William of Nottingham (pictured)—and not the 13th-century one—was the author of the Commentary on the Gospels based on Clement of Llanthony's One from Four? (2015-11-27)
... that Archibald Main, who was elected Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1939, was Regius Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow? (2015-12-04)
... that the site upon which Saint Stephen's Church, Negombo, was built in 1876 is located near the former Dutch Fort? (2015-12-04)
... that the tower of Föra Church contains what may be one of Sweden's oldest toilets? (2015-12-05)
... that in 1964, a Swedish Princess married an English businessman in Gärdslösa Church? (2015-12-20)
... that physiotherapist Avrilia Papayannis lived as a hermit in the Himalayas before becoming a Greek Orthodox nun later known as Mother Gavrielia? (2015-12-24)
... that "Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" is intended to make people remember the Nativity of Jesus? (2015-12-25)
... that Cento vergilianus de laudibus Christi, a Latin poem by Faltonia Betitia Proba, takes lines from the works of the Roman poet Virgil and rearranges them to be about Jesus? (2015-12-26)
... that as Master of the Sacred Apostolic Palace, Cardinal Raimondo Capizucchi condemned probabilism, but was initially fascinated by quietism? (2015-12-26)
... that 13 years after Lydia Emelie Gruchy graduated her theological studies with honors, she was finally ordained in 1936 as the first female minister of the United Church of Canada? (2015-12-30)
... that the abolitionist Eliza Ann Gardner made her living as a dressmaker? (2016-01-01)
... that Marianne Katoppo, who wrote the book Compassionate and Free. An Asian Woman's Theology, found the term feminist theology "too loaded"? (2016-01-05)
... that Al-Maghtas (pictured) on the east bank of the Jordan River is considered by Christians as the location for the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist? (2016-01-06)
... that Melchior, Caspar, and Balthazar are the traditional names of the Biblical Magi who visited the baby Jesus (pictured), though they are not named in the Bible? (2016-01-06)
... that while Caroline Stephen's book was considered a "Quaker classic" even 100 years after publication, her brother had dismissed it as "another little work of hers"? (2016-01-07)
... that Andrew Tremlett had his appointment as Chaplain to the Speaker of the House of Commons blocked because he was "another white middle aged man"? (2016-01-12)
... that places of worship in Woking borough include Britain's first mosque, a Buddhist temple in a former asylum and an Eastern Orthodox church in a cemetery? (2016-01-12)
... that Larycia Hawkins, American professor at Wheaton College, was suspended after she wore a hijab and made comments regarding Christianity and Islam in December 2015? (2016-01-14)
... that Brigitte Boehme (pictured), the president of the Protestant Church of Bremen who moved the German Evangelical Church Assembly 2009 to the town, was baptized in her forties? (2016-01-16)
... that the Church of St George the Exiler (pictured) in Famagusta has been used as a Nestorian church, a stable for camels, a Greek Orthodox church, and a cultural center over its 650-year history? (2016-01-16)
... that at least seven denominations trace their history to a Pentecostal church founded by Mary Magdalena Lewis Tate, the first American woman to serve as bishop in a nationally-recognized denomination? (2016-01-17)
... that historian and priest Zenovie Pâclișanu was imprisoned by both Austria-Hungary and Communist Romania, the latter incarceration proving fatal? (2016-01-17)
... that Swedish politician Julia Kronlid has worked as a volunteer at a hospital clinic in Papua New Guinea? (2016-01-27)
... that the artist Charles Haslewood Shannon is commemorated by a plaque in St Botolph's Church (pictured) in Quarrington, where his father was rector for nearly 50 years? (2016-01-29)
... that after a lengthy development process, Bad Santa 2 is finally filming in Montreal? (2016-02-02)
... that "God Is Working His Purpose Out" was written as a tribute to the Archbishop of Canterbury? (2016-02-04)
... that St. Paul's Church, Rusthall, has been viewed as a symbol of the wealth of Tunbridge Wells due to the churchyard being "chockablock with expensive tombstones and memorials"? (2016-02-05)
... that Lecrae released the mixtape Church Clothes 3 without any prior announcement? (2016-02-07)
... that Baldwin, the 11th-century abbot of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in England, was royal doctor to three kings? (2016-02-14)
... that Stanley Booth-Clibborn, a former Bishop of Manchester, was shot during a robbery in Uganda? (2016-02-17)
... that Elizabeth Rebecca Ward was known as "The Poet Laureate of the Home"? (2016-03-02)
... that the tower attached to All Saints Church in Huntsham, Devon dates to the 14th century, but the rest of the church was completely rebuilt by Benjamin Ferrey in 1854–56? (2016-03-09)
... that Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment was founded by Billy Graham's grandson to help evangelical groups prevent and deal with sexual abuse in their midst? (2016-03-09)
... that Fox is presenting a U.S. adaptation of the Dutch television special The Passion in New Orleans? (2016-03-09)
... that Finis Alonzo Crutchfield, Jr. is credited with bringing the televangelist Oral Roberts into the United Methodist Church in 1968? (2016-03-17)
... that when Changsha was invaded in 1930, Maud Russell refused to leave the city and, after mistakenly being thought to have perished, a memorial service was held for her? (2016-03-21)
... that Gregory the Great wrote that Theodore the Sacristan was bedridden for days after experiencing a vision of Saint Peter? (2016-03-23)
... that while still in school, Chinese social and Christian activist Deng Yuzhi decided to be an independent woman, remain unmarried, and live the life of a "new woman"? (2016-03-24)
... that in Reformed theology, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is believed to strengthen Christians' union with Christ by the spiritual eating of his true body and blood? (2016-03-24)
... that "All for Jesus, All for Jesus" was the closing hymn of The Crucifixion and set aside for congregational singing? (2016-03-25)
... that the Swoon of the Virgin (detail pictured) is depicted in Dortmund's Marienkirche? (2016-03-25)
... that Christianity played a role in the founding of several British football clubs, including Celtic, Manchester City, and Everton? (2016-03-27)
... that the Easter hymn "Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing" was renamed to avoid confusion with the Christmas carol "Good Christians All, Rejoice"? (2016-03-27)
... that tithing in the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could be done using property, labor, produce, livestock, or cash? (2016-03-28)
... that Speak Life is considered the debut album of Sev Statik, even though he had previously released another studio album? (2016-03-29)
... that Ieremia Cecan, a regional leader of the Romanian Nazi Party, campaigned for the unification of the Orthodox and Catholic churches? (2016-04-09)
... that John Sigismund Zápolya, the only Unitarian monarch in history, was the first Prince of Transylvania? (2016-04-12)
... that one of the oldest parts of the medieval St Mellons Church (pictured) is the base of the font, which was made from an old Norman pier? (2016-04-12)
... that the Flag of the Church in Wales was adopted following the split of the Church in Wales from the Church of England? (2016-04-16)
... that St Mary's Church forms part of the name of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? (2016-04-17)
... that St Tewdric's axed or speared skull is purportedly buried under the altar of St Tewdric's Church? (2016-04-19)
... that Peregrin Saxon was the first Bishop of Bosnia to reside in Bosnia since Ponsa was driven out by heretics a century earlier? (2016-04-20)
... that the tomb of Henry VIII's ancestor at St Gredifael's Church was vandalised by pilgrims who thought it had healing powers? (2016-04-21)
... that the 14th-century tower of St Mary's Church, Caldicot, was not completed until the 16th century? (2016-04-21)
... that St Stephen's Church, Old Radnor, has the oldest organ in the British Isles? (2016-04-25)
... that the Welsh Church (Temporalities) Act 1919 led to a Welsh Bishop expressing his desire that the Church of England never be disestablished? (2016-04-27)
... that the 12th-century baptismal font of St Mary's Church, Llanfair-yn-Neubwll, was moved away for safekeeping when the church was closed? (2016-04-28)
... that in Reformed theology, baptism is believed to be a replacement for circumcision as a rite signifying forgiveness of sin? (2016-04-29)
... that Jozef Raskin, a Belgian Scheutist missionary who was guillotined for spying in World War II, has a statue erected in his honor in the city of Aarschot? (2016-05-01)
... that the Welsh Church (Amendment) Act 1938 was passed to give Swansea University the same rights to the Church in Wales' endowments as the University of Wales? (2016-05-03)
... that the vicar of St Trygarn's Church did not live in the parish in the mid-19th century? (2016-05-04)
... that Emilia Baeyertz preached to crowds on Christianity but her son, Charles Nalder Baeyertz, was concerned about the moral dangers of "a prevalence of bad English"? (2016-05-09)
... that American slaveholders altered "O'er the Gloomy Hills of Darkness" because they felt they could not sing a hymn that endorsed educating "the Negro"? (2016-05-09)
... that David Lloyd George regularly attended the Welsh Church of Central London (pictured) and his daughter was married there? (2016-05-09)
... that the Welsh Church (Burial Grounds) Act 1945‎ restored the legal right for the Church in Wales to look after burial grounds after they had been doing so unofficially? (2016-05-15)
... that rather than accept his appointment as a bishop in Cyprus, the Christian saint Demetrian is said to have fled his home and hidden in a cave? (2016-05-23)
... that Chet Trail is the only person to be on a World Series roster despite never playing in a Major League Baseball game? (2016-05-25)
... that members of the Welsh churches Holy Trinity Church, Sarn, St Nicholas' Church, Church Stoke, and St Andrew's Church, Presteigne all voted against joining the Church in Wales in order to stay with the Church of England? (2016-05-26)
... that Peter Martyr Vermigli was allegedly challenged to a duel with a double-edged axe by Theodore Bibliander over the doctrine of double predestination? (2016-05-26)
... that Peter Martyr Vermigli's best known work, the Loci Communes, is a compilation of excerpts from his biblical commentaries published after his death? (2016-05-27)
... that friar Anđeo Zvizdović, who negotiated the promise of freedom of religion to the Bosnians (charter pictured), is credited with the survival of Roman Catholicism in Bosnia and Herzegovina? (2016-05-28)
... that Wingfield W. Watson, an Irish immigrant to the United States, became a religious leader of the Strangites and wrote several publications in support of their beliefs? (2016-05-28)
... that despite the cornerstone being laid in 1852, the Church of the Holy Trinity in Nashville, Tennessee, was not consecrated until 36 years later, in 1888? (2016-05-31)
... that the Mennonite radio program The Calvary Hour had no official standing? (2016-06-04)
... that the 12th-century Fuentidueña Apse (pictured) in New York's Cloisters museum was originally part of a Romanesque church likely built as the chapel for a fortress defending against Moorish invaders? (2016-06-23)
... that the July 7 opening date for the Ark Encounter theme park was chosen to correspond with Genesis 7:7? (2016-06-29)
... that on Christian rock band MercyMe's 2009 album 10, they re-recorded their song "I Can Only Imagine" at Abbey Road Studios with the London Session Orchestra? (2016-07-01)
... that being a thrifty man, bibliographer Ioan Bianu raised cows on Romanian Academy grounds in downtown Bucharest? (2016-07-06)
... that Thomas Dubay, a Catholic priest and prolific spiritual writer, read the monthly National Geographic from cover to cover? (2016-07-18)
... that the Berger Kirche (pictured), more than a thousand years old, is now used as a cemetery chapel and concert venue? (2016-07-22)
... that Beatus vir ("Blessed is the man") (B pictured) begins the Latin text of two psalms, one notable in art and the other in music? (2016-07-24)
... that African CITES delegates sang the former Zimbabwe national anthem "Ishe Komborera Africa" after winning a vote to export African elephant ivory, while conservationists cried? (2016-07-30)
... that Theodore de Korwin Szymanowski (pictured), one of the earliest promoters of a Unified Europe, proposed a customs union, a central bank, and a single currency as far back as 1885? (2016-08-11)
... that Protestant missionary Robert Morrison complained that the first Protestant convert in mainland China was "not so docile as I could wish"? (2016-08-16)
... that musician and model Katelynne Cox also worked as a congressional aide? (2016-08-20)
... that Edwin Stevens, reporting from his missionary position in Qing-era China, felt their recent erections indicated apprehension, and penetration was difficult? (2016-08-21)
... that citizens of the Province of New York unofficially adopted the George Rex Flag (pictured) to protest against freedom of religion granted to Catholics in Quebec? (2016-08-23)
... that Rangers F.C. did not knowingly sign any Catholic players between the 1920s and 1980s? (2016-09-10)
... that the illustrations in medical missionary Benjamin Hobson’s influential Treatise on Physiology were derived from William Cheselden's century-old work? (2016-09-16)
... that pioneer doctor Priddy Meeks once told sick patients via messenger to "jump all over the city creek, crawl back into your tent and cover up warm"? (2016-09-17)
... that the Church of England granted women the right to vote in the Church of England border polls 1915–1916 before they were allowed to vote in parliamentary elections? (2016-09-24)
... that the naturalisation of Handel (pictured) as a British citizen came via an Act of Parliament which required him to enter into communion with the Church of England? (2016-10-06)
... that on one occasion, protesters used a foghorn to discourage Mormons in Ireland from meeting? (2016-10-09)
... that in 1595, the Chantry House in Bunbury, Cheshire, was leased for 2,000 years for the rent of a red rose? (2016-10-11)
... that after Edmund Kalau (pictured) spent his childhood in the Hitler Youth, he converted to Christianity and served in Palau and Yap in the Liebenzell Mission? (2016-10-13)
... that the 12th-century manuscript De laude Cestrie is one of the earliest prose works about an English town? (2016-10-16)
... that Swedish theologian Johannes Bilberg published a work on the midnight sun? (2016-10-21)
... that the parish of St Silin's contains a part of England under the jurisdiction of the Church in Wales? (2016-10-24)
... that while Sydney Robert Elliston was vicar of St Thomas, Killinghall (pictured), his fellow clergy appreciated an "improvement in their incomes"? (2016-11-04)
... that Eugen Eckert, who wrote the lyrics of more than a thousand songs in the Neues Geistliches Lied genre, is the minister for a sports stadium in Frankfurt? (2016-11-22)
... that The Passion of Christ was moved from one church to another, which saved it from being destroyed by fire in 1904? (2016-11-27)
... that the funeral of the author Lewis Carroll was held at St Mary's Church in Guildford? (2016-11-30)
... that the 1000-year-old Bishop Petros with Saint Peter the Apostle ended up in Poland after being saved from a watery grave? (2016-12-03)
... that Thomas of Tolentino was martyred for discussing his religious beliefs during a medieval domestic violence case in India? (2016-12-06)
... that Brigham Young University has a digitized collection of Mormon missionary diaries that includes the work of 115 diarists and 376 written volumes? (2016-12-11)
... that Clementia Killewald, abbess of Eibingen Abbey, spoke about its founder Hildegard of Bingen at the ceremony when she was proclaimed a saint and Doctor of the Church by the pope? (2016-12-21)
... that the Advent hymn "O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf" was written against a backdrop of the Thirty Years' War, the plague, and witch trials? (2016-12-23)
... that the Christian song "Give Thanks With a Grateful Heart" was credited as unknown authorship when first released in 1986, despite being written by Henry Smith in 1978? (2016-12-24)
... that the "very remarkable" monumental brass of John Rudying in St Andrew's church in Biggleswade was rediscovered when the floor was lifted? (2016-12-25)
... that "The Babe in Bethlem's Manger" is thought to be a traditional Kentish folk carol but its tune is described as being "very much of the 18th century"? (2016-12-25)
... that Natalie Sims co-wrote the Iggy Azalea song "Work", which sold over one million copies in the US? (2016-12-27)
... that Puaaiki, a blind preacher from Maui, was a former hula dancer for King Kamehameha II? (2016-12-30)
... that The Shaker Quarterly, which began publication in 1961, helped revive interest in the Shakers? (2017-01-01)
... that the Epiphany anthem "The Three Kings" describes the visit of the Biblical Magi to the baby Jesus (pictured)? (2017-01-06)
... that Henry Ford considered Ralph Waldo Trine an old friend and had several conversations with him concerning success in life? (2017-01-08)
... that Mildred Barker was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship in 1983 for her work in preserving Shaker music? (2017-01-12)
... that Martin Luther (pictured) paraphrased in his hymn "Mitten wir im Leben sind mit dem Tod umfangen" the Latin "Media vita in morte sumus" (In the midst of life we are in death), including its Trisagion? (2017-01-15)
... that the Salīhids, an Arab Christian tribe, preceded the Ghassanids as the main Arab federates of the Byzantine Empire? (2017-01-18)
... that the OVC project supports the education of disadvantaged young people in Adigrat, Ethiopia? (2017-01-19)
... that the Church of England Marriage Measure 2008 gave couples the legal right to get married in any parish where their parents or grandparents were married, but not in any cathedral? (2017-01-23)
... that there are eight churches on Antarctica? (2017-01-27)
... that William Hoapili Kaʻauwai traveled to Europe with Queen Emma, but made an unauthorized side trip to New Zealand to recruit Māori immigrants for the Kingdom of Hawaii? (2017-01-27)
... that the Sri Lankan Christmas tree (pictured) is claimed to be the world’s tallest artificial Christmas tree? (2017-01-28)
... that "to rob Peter to pay Paul" means to eliminate one debt by incurring another? (2017-02-02)
... that Elijah, archbishop of Nisibis, befriended the Abbasid vizier and recorded their conversations in his Book of Sessions? (2017-02-07)
... that in the Christian centre of meditation and spirituality in Frankfurt, visitors can walk through a labyrinth of burning tealights (pictured) one Saturday each year? (2017-02-14)
... that Fantasia's song "I Made It" was described as sounding like a finale for the musical The Color Purple? (2017-02-17)
... that the January 1868 death of a Romanian nationalist monk just days after he had been elected deputy sparked an antisemitic riot? (2017-02-19)
... that the Greek Orthodox Church of the Annunciation in Salford is the oldest purpose-built Greek Orthodox church in England? (2017-02-23)
... that "Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort" by Luther was titled "A hymn for the children to sing against the two arch-enemies of Christ, and His Holy Church, the Pope and the Turks"? (2017-02-25)
... that "Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn" is the only hymn by Paul Gerhardt which Bach set to music as a chorale cantata? (2017-02-27)
... that Antonín Cyril Stojan, who led a life of heroic virtue, was given the title of Venerable by Pope Francis? (2017-03-01)
... that the Church of the Ascension, Lower Broughton, was built in 1869 and was recently restored, only for its roof and interior to be destroyed by fire in February 2017? (2017-03-03)
... that the hymn "Herr Jesu Christ, wahr Mensch und Gott" ("Lord Jesus Christ, true man and God") by the Lutheran Paul Eber appeared in Catholic hymnals from 1567? (2017-03-10)
... that John Rutter set Psalm 23 in The Lord is my Shepherd for choir and organ, and later included it in his Requiem? (2017-03-11)
... that although Parmenian is considered by some historians to be the most important Donatist writer of his day, none of his works survive? (2017-03-14)
... that in earlier paintings of a sacra conversazione ("holy conversation"), the figures are rarely shown speaking (example pictured)? (2017-03-18)
... that Christian ethicist Henlee Hulix Barnette was investigated by the FBI after meeting Nikita Khrushchev and marching with Martin Luther King? (2017-03-19)
... that the Rest on the Flight into Egypt is a popular subject in Christian art, but the earliest known example (pictured) only dates to about 1379? (2017-03-20)
... that the 17th-century German hymn "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" has been described as "one of the most exquisite strains of pious resignation ever written"? (2017-03-20)
... that Giyorgis of Segla (pictured) was imprisoned by emperor Dawit I because of his controversial views on the Sabbath? (2017-04-02)
... that Michelangelo destroyed parts of his own Sistine Chapel ceiling to make room for his Last Judgement (detail pictured)? (2017-04-12)
... that Bach wrote the chorale "O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig" (O Lamb of God, innocent) in red between the music for the two choirs in the beginning of his St Matthew Passion (pictured)? (2017-04-14)
... that the Good Friday hymn "Take Up Thy Cross, The Saviour Said" was one of two American works included in the Church of England's Hymns Ancient and Modern? (2017-04-14)
... that the 20th-century Easter hymn "Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones" takes its melody from "Lasst uns erfreuen" (Let us rejoice), a tune published in 1623 by a German activist against witch-hunts? (2017-04-17)
Witch-hunt (article's talk page missing blurb) (2017-04-17)
... that when Marshall L. Shepard said the opening prayer at the 1936 Democratic National Convention, segregationist Senator Ellison D. Smith left in protest? (2017-04-25)
... that "Christ ist erstanden", possibly the oldest German hymn as mentioned in the 12th century, was set for choir in the 21st century? (2017-04-26)
... that St Trophimus' Church, Eschau, houses relics of St Sophia and her daughters Faith, Hope and Charity (pictured)? (2017-05-04)
... that "'Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr" is one of the oldest hymns of the Reformation? (2017-05-14)
... that the UK Local Government (Religious etc. Observances) Act 2015 was created to affirm the right to hold council prayers after the High Court had ruled them unlawful? (2017-05-22)
... that Botticelli's four panels with Scenes from the Life of Saint Zenobius (detail pictured) are split among three museums? (2017-05-25)
... that during the March 1605 papal conclave, a fight broke out that was so noisy that people outside opened the doors early because they thought a new pope had been elected? (2017-05-26)
... that Reverend Arthur Broome was one of the founders of the RSPCA and, as guarantor for the society's debts, went to debtors' prison when it declared bankruptcy? (2017-05-29)
... that the Marriage (Wales) Act 2010 was passed by Parliament to bring the marriage law of the disestablished Church in Wales into line with the established Church of England? (2017-06-03)
... that Cardinal Agagianian (pictured), leader of a small Eastern church, was twice a serious papal candidate? (2017-06-22)
... that Mkrtich Khrimian (pictured), head of the Armenian Church, endorsed an armed struggle against the Ottoman Turks? (2017-06-26)
... that Mormon missionaries were temporarily banned from New Zealand for supposedly trying to convince Maoris to move to America? (2017-06-26)
... that Desideria Quintanar de Yáñez was reportedly inspired by a dream to join The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1880 in Mexico? (2017-06-29)
... that the hymn "Breathe on Me, Breath of God" was described as being so simple it belied the education and knowledge of its author, Professor Edwin Hatch? (2017-07-02)
... that the "Prayer of Saint Francis" is a 20th-century peace prayer mistakenly attributed to the 13th-century saint? (2017-07-03)
... that the Flag of the Orange Order (pictured) was based on what was purportedly the personal standard of King William III at the Battle of the Boyne? (2017-07-11)
... that Dorothy Hazard, a preacher's wife, led a group of women in the defence of Bristol during the English Civil War? (2017-07-16)
... that St. Cajetan Church, part of the World Heritage Site Churches and convents of Goa, is modeled on St. Peter's Basilica? (2017-07-18)
... that Paul Abels, the first openly gay minister to serve in a major Christian denomination in the United States, was nearly removed from his pastorate after he came out in the 1970s? (2017-07-19)
... that the supposed relics of Georgian saint Ketevan the Martyr were retrieved from the ruins of the Church of St. Augustine (pictured) in Goa? (2017-07-20)
... that current places of worship on the Isle of Wight include two of England's oldest Catholic churches and several Anglican churches by Thomas Hellyer, an architect described by Pevsner as "very individualistic"? (2017-08-19)
... that when St Peter's Church (pictured) in Henfield needed a bell in the 17th century, the churchwarden stole one from St Leonard's Church in Aldrington? (2017-08-27)
... that the bell of the First Presbyterian Church (pictured) in Portland, Oregon, was cast from Civil War cannons? (2017-09-07)
... that "Von guten Mächten", a poem written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer in prison in 1944 where he faced execution, became a hymn with several melodies? (2017-10-10)
... that Prince of Wallachia Radu Paisie was deposed by his Ottoman overlords in 1545, with measures taken to prevent his "abscond[ing] with the treasury"? (2017-10-13)
... that in his Magnificat and Nunc dimittis for St Paul's Cathedral (interior pictured), Herbert Howells uses slow and spacious changes in harmony and tonality to suit the building's long echo? (2017-10-17)
... that three stanzas of the penitential hymn "Ach lieben Christen seid getrost" ("Ah dear Christians, be comforted") by Johannes Gigas were retained unchanged for Bach's chorale cantata? (2017-10-31)
... that "Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl" ("The mouth of fools doth God confess") by Martin Luther was one of eight hymns in the first Lutheran hymnal? (2017-10-31)
... that when the citizens of Hanover accepted the Reformation in 1533, the 200-year-old Kreuzkirche became Lutheran? (2017-10-31)
... that Countess Ämilie Juliane von Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt wrote 587 songs and hymns, including "Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende", used in her regular meditations towards a good death? (2017-11-05)
... that facing the rise of Nazi ideology, Otto Riethmüller compiled the song "Sonne der Gerechtigkeit" for young people from hymns by three authors of two earlier centuries? (2017-11-08)
... that "Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt", a song of New Jerusalem, was written by Johann Matthäus Meyfart, rector of the Casimirianum, for an academic sermon? (2017-11-09)
... that in the pastoral poem "Ich will dich lieben, meine Stärke", by Angelus Silesius, the Soul promises to love Jesus until her death? (2017-11-13)
... that a Hiroshima peace bell was donated to the Aegidienkirche, the ruin of a Gothic church that was left as a war memorial? (2017-11-18)
... that the hospital in Southern Rhodesia where Theresa Robinson Buck worked was renamed in her honour after her death? (2017-11-19)
... that the simple hymn "Nun laßt uns Gott dem Herren", used at the end of a meal, became a model for other songs of thanks? (2017-11-23)
... that in 1975, Solzhenitsyn visited the Paris office of the YMCA Press and presented a book with an inscription thanking the publisher for all his work for Russian culture? (2017-11-24)
... that Bach's setting (pictured) of the chorale "Es ist genug" ("It is enough"), with a melody beginning with an unusual whole-tone sequence, was quoted with variations in Alban Berg's Violin Concerto? (2017-11-26)
... that the first World Day of the Poor, observed on 19 November 2017, was established by Pope Francis in his Apostolic Letter celebrating the end of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy? (2017-12-07)
... that Ireland national rugby union team player Dr. Claire McLaughlin gained the nickname "McSwaplin" owing to her swapping medical shifts in order to play rugby? (2017-12-10)
... that Andrew David Urshan, an ethnic Assyrian from Persia, conducted Pentecostal revivals in the United States Midwest? (2017-12-20)
... that the bells of St Stephen's in Ealing (belfry and spire pictured) caused complaints, were later moved to the Docklands, and were finally installed in St Machar's Cathedral in Aberdeen? (2017-12-22)
... that Queen Victoria was displeased after an organist played an unfamiliar tune for the Advent hymn "Lo! He comes with clouds descending" at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle ("Helmsley" tune pictured)? (2017-12-24)
... that one-quarter of respondents to a 2016 survey of Europeans said they had re-gifted their Christmas presents to someone else? (2017-12-25)
... that the Advent and Christmas carol "Long Ago, Prophets Knew, Christ would come born a Jew" was one of about 50 hymns written after 1950 that were included in The New English Hymnal? (2017-12-25)
... that two Nativity scenes attributed to Zanobi Strozzi (example pictured) probably belong to an altarpiece now spread between five museums, with some parts missing? (2017-12-25)
... that a traditional Christmas carol has the chorus "We will rock you"? (2017-12-25)
... that Azazet Habtezghi Kidane interviewed more than 1,500 African refugees to document torture in the Sinai Peninsula? (2018-01-05)
... that the common Epiphany hymn "As with Gladness Men of Old" does not describe the Biblical Magi as "magi" or "kings", or even state their number? (2018-01-06)
... that Silvia Correale, the first female Postulator in the Vatican, focuses on guiding potential Argentine saints through the beatification process? (2018-01-07)
... that after the American Civil War, "Fighting Parson" Fountain E. Pitts helped grow poppies to make opium in Nashville, Tennessee? (2018-01-12)
... that statesman Costea Bucioc, who reputedly survived a poisoning attempt at the Moldavian court, was later impaled by the Ottoman army? (2018-01-14)
... that Caroline Lenferna de Laresle travelled from Mauritius to Rome to claim the pontifical right for her order of nuns and died there shortly afterwards? (2018-01-20)
... that Azerbaijan stored ammunition inside Ghazanchetsots Cathedral (pictured) during the Nagorno-Karabakh War? (2018-01-22)
... that the German Christmas carol "Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt" is based on a Czech song derived around 1500 from a Latin model (manuscript pictured)? (2018-01-23)
... that the motet In Exile for double choir by Herbert Sumsion was premiered at Gloucester Cathedral? (2018-01-23)
... that the Edict of Milan, an agreement between Constantine and Licinius to treat the Christian Church peacefully, was issued during the pontificate of Pope Miltiades? (2018-01-30)
... that the upcoming film Paul, Apostle of Christ is Jim Caviezel's first appearance in a biblical film since he portrayed Jesus in The Passion of the Christ? (2018-02-04)
... that the New Zealand Māori folk song "Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi" was hijacked by British and Irish Lions rugby fans? (2018-02-06)
... that the Evangelical Heritage Version of the Bible was translated by a group of Lutheran volunteers? (2018-02-09)
... that Holy Trinity, Cork, is the only church dedicated to Father Mathew? (2018-02-14)
... that many modern Bible scholars consider the story of the prophet Jonah a work of satire? (2018-02-16)
... that Satan frequently appeared as a comic relief figure in late medieval mystery plays, in which he "frolicked, fell, and farted in the background"? (2018-02-23)
... that Bach's motet Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229 (Come, Jesus, come) sets lyrics by Paul Thymich, scored for a double choir? (2018-02-26)
... that the youngest bell of St. Lubentius, Dietkirchen, a Romanesque church on a rock, was consecrated by Pope John Paul II? (2018-02-26)
... that Henry V. Plummer was a chaplain with the US Army Buffalo Soldiers, while his son H. Vinton Plummer was a leader in Marcus Garvey's secret service and militia? (2018-02-27)
... that the recognition of Marițica Bibescu (pictured) as Princess-consort of Wallachia involved "complicated maneuvers", including the ousting of an Ecumenical Patriarch? (2018-02-28)
... that on Pulpit Freedom Sunday, conservative pastors give "blatantly political" sermons in defiance of the Johnson Amendment? (2018-03-02)
... that David Meade's prediction of a hidden planet named Nibiru hitting Earth on September 23, 2017, was based on what he says are coded messages hidden in the Giza Pyramids in Egypt? (2018-03-09)
... that the Church Father Origen drew heavily on the teachings of Plato and tried to harmonize Greek philosophy with Christian teachings? (2018-03-10)
... that Charles Reynolds, who successfully persuaded the Pope to excommunicate Henry VIII of England, was posthumously attainted for treason? (2018-03-13)
... that US Court of Appeals Judge Amy Coney Barrett taught constitutional law at Blackstone Legal Fellowship? (2018-03-16)
... that some people know Christ the Lord is risen today from Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch? (2018-04-01)
... that Leon Tomșa, who passed laws limiting Greek immigration to Wallachia, was reportedly a Greek oyster-monger? (2018-04-07)
... that on 12 April 1945, a white flag was hung from the tower of the Große Kirche Aplerbeck (pictured), one of two churches after the same design by Christian Heyden, to signal capitulation? (2018-04-12)
... that "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig", a hymn about vanity by Michael Franck, is the basis of a chorale cantata by Bach, and quoted in Mauricio Kagel's Passion? (2018-04-13, 2019-04-14)
... that R. A. Hardie, a Canadian physician and missionary to Korea, was the catalyst for the 1903 Wŏnsan Revival and also inspired the Great Pyongyang Revival of 1907? (2018-04-13)
... that before taking over Moldavia in 1561, Iacob Heraclid (pictured) had been executed in effigy and staged his own death? (2018-04-19)
... that Psalm 84 about God's lovely dwellings was set to music by Heinrich Schütz, by Brahms in the centre of Ein deutsches Requiem, and as Wilhelm Kempff's Op. 1? (2018-04-21)
... that part of the University of Texas at Arlington campus used to be the site of a home for unwed mothers and orphans? (2018-04-26)
... that St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro, one of the first Anglican churches in Madagascar, was designed by William White? (2018-04-27)
... that Ralph Abernathy (pictured), mentor and friend of Martin Luther King Jr., led a demonstration protesting the use of federal funds for the Apollo 11 project when many Americans lived in poverty? (2018-05-04)
... that the Romanesque cross basilica St. Georg in Aplerbeck from the 12th century fell into such disrepair that its street was named Ruinenstraße? (2018-05-04)
... that the Protestant municipal Luisenkirche in Charlottenburg was named after Queen Luise of Prussia around 100 years after Frederick I of Prussia financed it? (2018-05-09)
... that the Father Serra statues in Ventura, California, have been vandalized and called "a direct slap in the face" of Native American cultures? (2018-05-09)
... that the Sunday Observance Act 1695 banned the playing of sports on Sunday in Ireland, and parts of the act are still in force in Northern Ireland? (2018-05-18)
... that after a future philologist's older brother reportedly shot their missionary mother, their reverend father said he would not let the facts be known? (2018-05-24)
... that Saint Dominic in Soriano was a 1530 painting believed to be of miraculous origin, with numerous miracles being attributed to it? (2018-05-27)
... that the House of Bishops, the House of Clergy, and the House of Laity each hold veto power over proposed Measures of the General Synod of the Church of England? (2018-06-02)
... that Paul Gerhardt's song of thanks and praise "Nun danket all und bringet Ehr" was first published along with 17 of his other hymns in 1647, during the Thirty Years' War? (2018-06-04)
... that 10th-century monk Adso of Montier-en-Der wrote a biography of the Antichrist? (2018-06-12)
... that the 1565 motet "If Ye Love Me" by Thomas Tallis was performed at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle? (2018-06-12)
... that the little-known 1758 Methodist hymn "Sun of Unclouded Righteousness" asks God to send the doctrine of the "Unitarian fiend ... back to hell", referring to both Islam and Unitarianism? (2018-06-13)
... that Pope Martin I was abducted and tried for high treason because of his opposition to the Type of Constans? (2018-06-24)
... that in 1966, John Steinbeck visited the remnants of Mount Hope, a farm near Jaffa that had been founded by his grandparents? (2018-06-26)
... that "Nun jauchzt dem Herren, alle Welt", a 1646 paraphrase of Psalm 100 by David Denicke, appears in current Protestant and Catholic hymnals? (2018-06-29)
... that the hymn tune of the 16th-century "An Wasserflüssen Babylon" ("By the rivers of Babylon") was largely popularized with the text of a 17th-century Passion hymn? (2018-07-03)
... that the Erlöserkirche (pictured) at today's Münchner Freiheit is the oldest Protestant church in Schwabing, and was consecrated in 1901? (2018-07-07)
... that creating human hair wreaths is a part of Mormon folklore, and a wreath containing hair from prominent church leaders was on display in the Salt Lake Temple until 1967? (2018-07-07)
... that the centenary of the Protestant Church Wilnsdorf in 2013 was celebrated by the same hymn, and a sermon from the same biblical text, employed at its consecration? (2018-07-12)
... that the Serra Cross (pictured) in Ventura, California, was sold in response to a threatened lawsuit challenging the use of public funds to maintain a religious symbol on public land? (2018-07-18)
... that verses 2 to 6 of Psalm 97 in Czech were set to music by Antonín Dvořák in his Biblical Songs? (2018-08-05)
... that followers of the second-century Carpocratian Christian leader Marcellina venerated Greek philosophers alongside Jesus? (2018-08-06)
... that the antependium of Lyngsjö Church has been said to be "better suited for the high altar of a cathedral than a countryside church"? (2018-08-09)
... that the frescos (pictured) in Fulltofta Church were discovered in 1907 after being hidden since the Reformation? (2018-08-11)
... that the Church of Saint Jacob in Nisibis in southeastern Turkey was originally the baptistery of a Syriac Orthodox cathedral which no longer exists? (2018-08-12)
... that the South African composer Stefans Grové wrote a setting of Psalm 138 for choir, children's choir, African drums, marimba, and string orchestra? (2018-08-14)
... that Telfair Hodgson was the original financial backer and first managing editor of The Sewanee Review, the oldest continuously published literary quarterly in the United States? (2018-08-19)
... that Alfons Tracki (pictured), a German-Albanian Christian martyr, worked to eradicate Gjakmarrja (blood feuds) from Northern Albania? (2018-08-21)
... that Ralph Vaughan Williams set Psalm 47 in English, O clap your hands, as a motet for choir and orchestra in 1920? (2018-08-26)
... that St. Peter's Church (pictured) in Malmö, Sweden, was once the largest town church in Denmark? (2018-08-30)
... that biblical criticism was dominated by white male Protestant Christians until the late twentieth century? (2018-09-01)
... that American missionary Mary Sophia Hyde Rice taught Sanford B. Dole, who later became Hawaii's only president? (2018-09-10)
... that a verse from Psalm 36 is seen as endorsing animal welfare and animal rights? (2018-09-22)
... that Kloster Gnadenthal (building pictured) was a Cistercian nunnery from 1235, a Protestant women's Stift from 1564, and became an ecumenical community in 1969? (2018-09-27)
... that in 1833, Ursula Newell Emerson drew some of the earliest surviving manuscript maps of Hawaii for instructional use? (2018-10-07)
... that American missionary Clarissa Chapman Armstrong led Bible study meetings for Queen Kalama in Hawaii while her husband served as Minister of Public Instruction under King Kamehameha III? (2018-10-12)
... that Schloss Weilburg, a Baroque garden palace, contains a Renaissance palace (engraving pictured)? (2018-10-16)
... that Valentin Peter Feuerstein created a cycle of seven stained-glass windows (three pictured) for the Überwasserkirche in Münster? (2018-10-20)
... that Orlande de Lassus set Psalm 134, one of the Songs of Ascents, in Latin for seven voices a cappella, using a wide range from low bass to very high soprano? (2018-10-22)
... that Reverend James Abercrombie once admonished President George Washington during his sermon for not setting an example in church by receiving communion? (2018-10-23)
... that the citizens of Târgoviște, Romania, put a jinx on boyar Emanoil Băleanu, which was seen as being fulfilled when his wife died in childbirth? (2018-10-31)
... that the complete Psalm 131 and the first verse of Psalm 133 in Hebrew comprise the text of the last movement of Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein? (2018-11-05)
... that the 1227 Gothic church of the Cistercian Marienstatt Abbey escaped demolition because it became a parish church in 1831? (2018-11-06)
... that in 1800, a reviewer of Francis Hews's writings was unsure whether he should be sent to "Bridewell for correction, or to Bedlam for a cure"? (2018-11-14)
... that when Constantin Cantacuzino (pictured) was made Caimacam of Wallachia, his own son reportedly shouted in protest? (2018-11-21)
... that New York's Bedford Presbyterian Church (pictured), said to have excellent acoustics, has hosted concerts such as Bach's Mass in B minor and Britten's Saint Nicolas? (2018-12-06)
... that Wallachian statesman Stroe Leurdeanu was sentenced to live as a monk for conspiring against a rival family? (2018-12-08)
... that the 17th-century traveller Peter Mundy described Mirza Zulqarnain as the "chiefest" Christian of the Mughal Empire? (2018-12-10)
... that an Armenian church in Istanbul was demolished in 1958 and rebuilt years later half as wide, to make room for the street? (2018-12-16)
... that Aurelia Henry Reinhardt was the longest serving president in the history of Mills College? (2018-12-17)
... that AJ Gil, who placed eighth on season 1 of American Idol, sang the national anthem at the first concert ever held at Seattle's Seahawks Stadium? (2018-12-18)
... that as an ally of the Mamluk Sultanate, the Kingdom of al-Abwab provided an Assassin to watch over the Mamluk puppet king in Dongola? (2018-12-20)
... that "Lift up your heads, O ye gates" from David's Psalm 24 has been paraphrased in Advent songs such as "Macht hoch die Tür", and was set in Handel's Messiah to represent the Ascension? (2018-12-23)
... that the church of St. Nikolai, the oldest building of Kiel, was destroyed in World War II and restored with a simpler interior (pictured)? (2018-12-24)
... that the Adoration of the Shepherds (detail pictured) by Giovanni Cariani seems to have been started as a Rest on the Flight into Egypt before the subject was changed by adding shepherds? (2018-12-25)
... that the Christmas carol "Green Groweth the Holly" was composed and written by King Henry VIII? (2018-12-25)
... that the "Shepherd's Pipe Carol" was reportedly sung by choirs in the Baltic states as a sign of resistance to Soviet control? (2018-12-25)
... that Clare Faulds, the first woman admitted to the Manx bar, later served as the Vicar General of Sodor and Man? (2018-12-26)
... that the epitaph Known unto God, which appears on more than 212,000 Commonwealth war graves, was selected by the poet Rudyard Kipling, whose own son was killed during the First World War? (2018-12-30)
... that Wilmer Clemont Fields of the Southern Baptist Convention was a defender of freedom of the press? (2019-01-01)
... that the Epiphany hymn "Earth Has Many a Noble City" about the biblical Magi (pictured) was originally written by a Roman governor? (2019-01-06)
... that when Friedrich Spitta (pictured) revised "Im Frieden dein, o Herre mein", a 1530 German Lutheran communion hymn based on the biblical Nunc dimittis, he completely changed the meaning? (2019-02-02)
... that "Joy to the World" is one of the hymns based on Psalm 96, "Sing to the Lord a new song"? (2019-02-04)
... that paintings of Saint Sebastian tended by Saint Irene (example shown) reflected the position of both Catholic and Protestant churches that people should not flee to avoid the plague? (2019-02-22)
... that Bach set the phrase "Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks" from Psalm 75 in German to begin a cantata, and in Latin in his Mass in B minor? (2019-02-28)
... that Shutt and Thompson designed All Saints, Harlow Hill, with a "circular bell tower reminiscent of Irish bell-houses"? (2019-03-04)
... that Ten Talents, a 50-year-old vegetarian and vegan cookbook that is still in print, was the first to feature recipes for soy milk ice cream shakes? (2019-03-08)
... that the Chandos Anthems, psalm settings by Handel (pictured) as composer in residence at Cannons, were described as a "panorama of the composer's creative output"? (2019-03-10)
... that Mendelssohn was requested to compose Psalm 100 for the new Hamburg Temple, but probably set it as Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt for the Berlin Cathedral? (2019-03-11)
... that Jules Van Nuffel, founder and conductor of the choir at the Mechelen Cathedral, set Psalm 93, Dominus regnavit, for choir and organ – but it was Psalm 92 for him? (2019-03-16)
... that Raymond Butt compiled a directory of "every station, halt, platform and stopping place on the British railway passenger network"? (2019-03-16)
... that John W. Beschter, a Luxembourgish Jesuit who ministered throughout rural Pennsylvania, became the President of Georgetown University in 1829? (2019-04-02)
... that Sabine Hyland discovered that the Incas may have written phonetic information in knotted cords called khipus? (2019-04-02)
... that Felix Mendelssohn first composed the motet Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen (For He shall give His angels charge) for an eight-part choir, then included it with orchestra in Elijah? (2019-04-06)
... that the Good Friday hymn "My Song Is Love Unknown" asks what Jesus had done to deserve crucifixion? (2019-04-19)
... that the 1862 Easter hymn "Christ Is Risen! Christ Is Risen!" (visual depiction shown) by Gurney was virtually unknown until two revised versions were sent to the United States? (2019-04-21)
... that Church Fathers such as Irenaeus, Justin Martyr, Clement of Alexandria, and Lactantius accepted the association of the angelic descent myth with the "sons of God" passage in Genesis 6? (2019-04-21)
... that Katharine Timpson Cook established training programmes for midwives in Namirembe, Uganda, but distrusted her students and censored their mail? (2019-04-23)
... that Monteverdi set the beginning of Psalm 70, traditionally opening vespers (pictured), in his Vespro della Beata Vergine as a "call to attention"? (2019-05-06)
... that the 12th-century archbishop of Ohrid John IV was born as a Byzantine prince of the Komnenos dynasty? (2019-05-09)
... that Martin Luther wrote "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" as a close paraphrase of the Latin hymn "Veni redemptor gentium", with a melody derived from the plainchant? (2019-05-11)
... that during the Soviet period the Feodorovskaya Church was a factory dormitory, the Gate Church was museum office space, and the Dukhovskaya Church became a boiler room? (2019-05-27)
... that the internal organs of Elizabeth de Burgh, wife of Robert the Bruce, were buried at Cullen Old Church? (2019-05-28)
... that the first attempt to build the Holy Trinity Cathedral of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra resulted in the demolition of the nearly completed structure? (2019-05-31)
... that although the Transylvanian nobleman János Gerendi refrained from eating blood and animals that had been strangled, he did not keep all the Old Testament laws? (2019-06-03)
... that among those buried in the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra (pictured) are Peter the Great's sister, niece, son, and mistress? (2019-06-11)
... that Danish oxen traders brought Lutheranism to the Dutch city of Enkhuizen, including through the establishment of an Evangelical Lutheran Church there in 1605? (2019-06-12)
... that The Vision of Dorotheus is one of the earliest examples of Christian hexametric poetry? (2019-06-15)
... that Matthias Goethe, who was born in Prussia and trained to become a Catholic priest, became a Lutheran pastor and established congregations in Australia, the United States, and Mexico? (2019-06-16)
... that after Christian bakers refused to decorate a cake in support of gay marriage, the UK Supreme Court ruled that no one could be forced to promote a message with which they disagree? (2019-06-25)
... that when Joseph Wood was appointed as head master of Harrow School, he was by far the oldest to be appointed since the retirement of Thomas Thackeray in 1760? (2019-07-03)
... that Armenian pianist Tigran Hamasyan believes that God intervened in the recording of his album Luys i Luso? (2019-07-13)
... that John Rutter wrote the text and music of A Clare Benediction for choir and orchestra to honour Clare College, Cambridge, where he had studied? (2019-07-31)
... that Quaker abolitionist David Cooper's anonymously authored 1783 tract condemning slavery was distributed to the New Jersey State Assembly, the Confederation Congress, and George Washington? (2019-08-21)
... that Charles X of France donated a painting of the incredulity of St Thomas by François Dubois to St Thomas's Church in the small Scottish town of Keith, Moray? (2019-08-26)
... that the ancient Jewish text of Perek Shirah asserts that spiders and rats praise God using verses from Psalm 150? (2019-08-27)
... that shortly after serving as President of Georgetown University, David H. Buel quit the Jesuits and secretly married? (2019-09-03)
... that James Kyle, Roman Catholic bishop of Aberdeen, designed a Buckie parish church so grand that it is known locally as the Buckie Cathedral (pictured)? (2019-09-05)
... that billionaire Max Auschnitt bribed Romanian authorities, and worked with "an anti-Semite, but a civilized one", to help Jews escape the Holocaust? (2019-09-11)
... that in 1949, the students of Northwestern Schools underwrote the US$40,000 cost to build KTIS in Minneapolis, the first radio station of Northwestern Media? (2019-09-15)
... that in 1894, the Ringkirche was the first Protestant church to follow the Wiesbadener Programm of Johannes Otzen, which focused on providing a clear view of the combined altar, pulpit, and organ areas (architect's sketch shown)? (2019-09-23)
... that in September 1610, Monteverdi dedicated to Pope Paul V his Vespro della Beata Vergine, a complex vespers composition which included the style of the emerging opera? (2019-09-27)
... that the nave entrance doors of St Rufus Church in Keith, Moray, Scotland, incorporate a two-sided memorial to the First and Second World Wars? (2019-10-15)
... that water seeping from a statue of Jesus in Mumbai was initially called a miracle, but turned out to originate from a nearby overflowing drain? (2019-10-26)
... that the Church of St. Nicholas in Tolmachi (pictured), which houses the icon of Our Lady of Vladimir, is both a house church and a museum? (2019-10-30)
... that St. Charles College in Louisiana was the first Jesuit college established in the southern United States? (2019-11-19)
... that Benjamin Britten, who composed A Hymn of St Columba for the 1,400th anniversary of Saint Columba's voyage to Iona, wanted it sung "with fire"? (2019-11-22)
... that as a 10-year-old, Lin Mei-hong joined a dance troupe in Taiwan founded by the Italian priest Gian Carlo Michelini, and later choreographed for the troupe? (2019-11-24)
... that Cameron Chesterfield Alleyne was the first resident bishop in Africa for the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church? (2019-11-25)
... that in later life, Paul Mickelson bought the organ upon which he had made his first recording as a solo artist at NBC? (2019-12-25)
... that "The Sinner's Redemption" was called a "rude old carol" favoured by peasants? (2019-12-25)
... that Tetsu Yasui (pictured), who was raised by devout Buddhists, later converted to Christianity and served as president of Tokyo Woman's Christian University for 17 years? (2019-12-26)
... that a year after Five Ash Down Independent Chapel opened, doctrinal differences caused some members to leave and form Uckfield Baptist Church? (2019-12-27)
... that a cantata titled God is Now, based on the hymn "Gott ist gegenwärtig" and scored for choir, big band, organ, and live electronics, premiered on the 250th anniversary of the hymn writer's death? (2019-12-31)
... that Ave Maria, an obscure piece for two men's choirs by Franz Biebl, became a choral standard after Chanticleer made it part of their holiday programs? (2020-01-01)
... that Eastern Orthodox primate Anthony (pictured) has spent most of his pastoral career in predominantly Roman Catholic areas? (2020-01-06)
... that the Epiphany hymn "Deep in the Darkness a Starlight is Gleaming" covers the topic of a Christian's journey, as Mary, Joseph and Jesus had done on the flight into Egypt? (2020-01-06)
... that leaders within the Independent Network Charismatic Christianity movement do not aim to grow churches, but rather seek to influence the "seven mountains of culture"? (2020-01-10)
... that the hymn "Gott, der du warst und bist und bleibst" ('God, you who were, are, and will be') was composed for the opening of the Sankt Georgen seminary church in Frankfurt? (2020-01-11)
... that the German Advent song "Tochter Zion, freue dich" has words by Friedrich Heinrich Ranke set to music used for triumphant entrances in two of Handel's oratorios? (2020-01-12)
... that the 1938 hymn "Dein Lob, Herr, ruft der Himmel aus" ('The sky shouts your praise, Lord') is based on a text by a 17th-century Jesuit astronomer paraphrasing Psalm 19? (2020-01-14)
... that George Nathanael Anderson translated the New Testament into the Iramba language? (2020-01-20)
... that a verse from Psalm 85 inspired artworks depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace (example shown)? (2020-01-28)
... that a verse from Psalm 85 has inspired artworks depicting the kiss of Justice and Peace? (2021-07-03)
... that the bell of the Church of the Good Shepherd (pictured), one of New Zealand's most photographed buildings, commemorates photographer and explorer Edward Sealy and his granddaughter? (2020-01-29)
... that three cannonballs were discovered in the roof of the Church of St Cuthbert, Bellingham, during renovation works? (2020-01-30)
... that Bach used the first, fifth and seventh stanzas of the 1533 hymn "In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr", a paraphrase of Psalm 31, as chorales in three vocal works, including in the St Matthew Passion? (2020-02-04)
... that American missionary Vernon Andy Anderson noted that those accused of witchcraft in the Belgian Congo were likely to be women over 55 and subject to murder by vigilantes? (2020-02-06)
... that Maria, Königin des Friedens (pictured), a Brutalist pilgrimage church in Neviges, Germany, has become architect Gottfried Böhm's signature building? (2020-02-10)
... that the churchyard of St Thomas à Becket Church, Warblington – a place of worship in the Borough of Havant – has two huts (one pictured) in which grave-watchers kept a lookout for body snatchers? (2020-02-13)
... that two cinemas, a bank, and a pub are now used as places of worship in Portsmouth, England? (2020-02-15)
... that Albert William Bailey translated the Gospel of John into the Mbunda language in 1916? (2020-02-16)
... that American missionary William Harrison Anderson staked a land claim in Rhodesia for the Rusangu Mission by carving a message on a tree trunk? (2020-02-16)
... that Kanye West credits creating "an album for God" for being able to collaborate with Dr. Dre on the upcoming Jesus Is King Part II? (2020-02-18)
... that the First Baptist Church is Toronto's oldest black institution? (2020-02-19)
... that in his 1831 chorale cantata Verleih uns Frieden, Mendelssohn set Luther's German prayer for peace to a new melody? (2020-02-25)
... that 2019 concerts in the 19th-century Bergkirche in Wiesbaden, Germany, included Pärt's Passio and Handel's Messiah? (2020-02-26)
... that Asmundtorp Church (pictured), built between 1895 and 1897, was financed with returns from Swedish farmsteads that were donated to the church during the Middle Ages? (2020-03-05)
... that Heidi Cruz, wife of U.S. senator Ted Cruz, is the primary breadwinner of the family? (2020-03-08)
... that Kakwkylla (depiction shown), a female saint venerated in Sweden and Germany during the late Middle Ages, may have originated from a misunderstanding of an Irish abbot's gender? (2020-03-10)
... that O salutaris hostia (O saving victim), a setting of a Eucharistic hymn for mixed choir by Vytautas Miškinis, was performed in Brussels when Lithuania held the EU Council presidency? (2020-03-11)
... that Gerry Culliton was banned from hurling after being seen playing rugby, and later represented Ireland in rugby internationally? (2020-03-23)
... that the Reverend Raphael Warnock has hosted Al Gore at his church, and been arrested at the Georgia State Capitol? (2020-03-24)
... that Swanwick Shore Strict Baptist Chapel (pictured), a place of worship in the borough of Fareham in Hampshire, England, was built to replace a converted wooden boatshed that flooded during high tides? (2020-03-25)
... that the Union Church in Hong Kong was temporarily moved to the officers' mess of the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps from 1945 to 1949? (2020-03-26)
... that the "Cracked Bell of Trinity Church" in Ryde, England, died of a broken heart and wrote to a newspaper about it? (2020-03-27)
... that a Presbyterian–Catholic New Testament in Taiwanese Hokkien was confiscated by the government in 1975 for using the Latin alphabet instead of Chinese characters? (2020-04-04)
... that Holy Trinity Church in Crockham Hill, Kent, regained ecclesiastical independence after a vicar was translated there from St Mark's Church in Royal Tunbridge Wells? (2020-04-04)
... that Nigerian-American Christian hip hop artist Wande became interested in rapping after her biology teacher allowed her to compose a rap about cellular transport? (2020-04-04)
... that in the 1657 hymn "Morgenstern der finstern Nacht" with text by Angelus Silesius, the glory of Jesus is likened to a thousand suns? (2020-04-06)
... that according to Luke the Evangelist, the last words of Jesus on the cross came from Psalm 31? (2020-04-10)
... that Riverside Church in Manhattan includes a movie theater, gymnasium, and observation deck, and formerly contained a bowling alley? (2020-04-10)
... that the 1775 Easter hymn "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" became popular in both the United Kingdom and the United States, albeit with different words? (2020-04-12)
... that the Episcopal Cathedral of St. John the Divine (design shown) in New York City has been nicknamed "St. John the Unfinished"? (2020-04-26)
... that Robert Molyneux established the first parochial school in the United States in 1782? (2020-04-26)
... that the 2013 album Group Therapy by Sivion features 26 guest artists? (2020-05-02)
... that Hawaiian chieftess Haʻaheo Kaniu converted to Christianity and attended classes taught by American missionaries? (2020-05-02)
... that the writer of the hymn "Angel Voices, Ever Singing" banned it from being published with a tune composed by Arthur Sullivan? (2020-05-03)
... that St Augustine's Church, Wrangthorn, raised money for a stained-glass window in 1934, but ended up spending it on a church hall instead? (2020-05-04)
... that a wall and a statue of Mary that survived the World War II bombing of St. Kolumba in Cologne have been incorporated into a chapel within the Kolumba art museum? (2020-05-06)
... that the churchyard of the Church of St Thomas à Becket in Box, Wiltshire, includes a pyramidical tombstone (pictured, right) said to have been contrived to prevent the deceased's wife from dancing on his grave? (2020-05-14)
... that an annual church service is said to have been held at the Gospel Oak in Polstead, Suffolk, for more than 1,000 years? (2020-05-17)
... that the producers of the 1990 American comedy film Home Alone were threatened with legal action by the French director of 3615 code Père Noël, who alleged that it was a remake of his film? (2020-05-17)
... that Ole Børud is featured on a song by a choir project that involved recordings from around the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic? (2020-05-17)
... that the Norwegian band Vardøger formed, recorded music, disbanded, re-formed to release Whitefrozen, disbanded again, re-formed to release Ghost Notes, and then disbanded yet again? (2020-05-18)
... that with the growth of the Werl pilgrimage to a statue of Mary, a large Romanesque Revival basilica was built adjacent to the former Baroque style church? (2020-05-24)
... that Lund Cathedral has been called the "most powerful representative" of Romanesque architecture in the Nordic countries? (2020-05-27)
... that Ole Børud's guitar music on the album Sonrise, by the band Schaliach, was likened to a "metal symphony"? (2020-05-28)
... that several hymns for Pentecost in different languages are based on the 9th-century "Veni Creator Spiritus" ("Come, Creator Spirit")? (2020-05-31)
... that the Protestant Film Commission was founded partly in response to the sympathetic portrayal of Catholics in Hollywood films of the 1940s, while Protestants were played for laughs? (2020-06-02)
... that doctor Carl K. Becker responded to emergency calls in the Ituri Rainforest until the age of 70? (2020-06-03)
... that My Name Is Han, a 1948 docudrama about Christian missionary work in China, was filmed on location near a war zone? (2020-06-04)
... that "Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty", written by future Anglican bishop Reginald Heber (depicted), was first published at a time when hymn singing was prohibited in Church of England liturgy? (2020-06-07)
... that the Cranbrook Strict Baptist Chapel was converted from two cottages? (2020-06-08)
... that the text of the hymn "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit" was written by Albert, Duke of Prussia, while the tune came from a secular French song? (2020-06-14)
... that the hymn "Praise, my soul, the King of heaven", sung at the wedding of Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, was written by Henry Francis Lyte, who also wrote the well-known "Abide with Me"? (2020-06-15)
... that the former seal of Zion, Illinois, was ruled unconstitutional because it contained the phrase "God reigns"? (2020-06-16)
... that the All India Conference of Indian Christians was opposed to the partition of India? (2020-06-17)
... that a former school band teacher became the Archbishop of Winnipeg? (2020-06-17)
... that St Anselm's Church, Pembury, a Catholic church for former Anglicans, once used an altar on wheels? (2020-06-18)
... that The Cincinnati Enquirer commended makers of the 1950 film Again Pioneers for basically telling the Protestant churches that sponsored the production that they "are not doing their jobs"? (2020-06-20)
... that St Mary's Church, Rolleston on Dove, is unusual in having the public entrance on its north side, the southern entrance being reserved for the Mosley family? (2020-06-21)
... that Mark Ibn Kunbar was excommunicated by two Coptic popes and one Monophysite patriarch in the 12th century? (2020-06-26)
... that the 1949 film Prejudice drives its point home by having characters use many ethnic slurs, including "nigger", "wops", "dagoes", "dirty Jew", and "dumb Swede"? (2020-06-27)
... that Storkyrkan, Stockholm's oldest church, was the first church in Sweden where Mass was celebrated in Swedish? (2020-06-28)
... that as health minister of Indonesia, Johannes Leimena focused on preventive care in rural regions, contrasting with prior colonial policy? (2020-07-03)
... that U.S. law enforcement used chemical irritants to disperse a peaceful George Floyd protest in Washington, D.C., shortly before President Donald Trump's photo op at St. John's Church? (2020-07-06)
... that Cuthbert Brodrick was invited to design Headingley Hill Congregational Church (pictured) after its committee rejected all of the entries in its architectural competition? (2020-07-08)
... that Robert Plunkett resigned as the first president of Georgetown College in 1793 because he preferred a rural life of ministry? (2020-07-08)
... that the All India Anglo-Indian Association maintains that Anglo-Indians are unique because they are Christians and have historical links to both Europe and India? (2020-07-21)
... that the founders of the literary journal Irreantum hoped it would become the source for nationwide publishers to access the best of Mormon literature? (2020-07-25)
... that the Doric columns used in Christ Church in Byculla, India, were imported from England? (2020-07-27)
... that St. James Church in New York City was once occupied by a veterans' organization, an Indonesian church, and a group for Chinese senior citizens? (2020-07-29)
... that the Viklau Madonna (pictured) is one of the best-preserved 12th-century wooden sculptures in Europe? (2020-07-29)
... that during the Congo Crisis, American Methodist bishop Newell Snow Booth was threatened at gunpoint by a soldier before being released by an officer who recognized him? (2020-07-30)
... that the Seventh-day Adventist Church replaced the African-American missionary Thomas H. Branch with a white man to appease the government of the British Central Africa Protectorate? (2020-08-01)
... that Kanye West premiered his song "Wash Us in the Blood", which discusses mass incarceration, slavery, genocide, and drug-dealing, at a Christian opera? (2020-08-01)
... that after the American Revolutionary War, only five of First Presbyterian Church of Newtown's congregants remained, so a nearby Dutch church took them in? (2020-08-02)
... that the Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos was blinded at the Theotokos Kosmosoteira monastery? (2020-08-03)
... that students and adults of three different religions visited the Armenian church in Kuzguncuk, Istanbul, as part of a social activity organized by the local women residents of these religions? (2020-08-08)
... that West Park United Reformed Church of Harrogate, England, has twelve heads of historical characters, including John Bunyan (pictured), carved on its wall? (2020-08-12)
... that Christian missionary Moritz Hall was ordered to cast artillery for the Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II? (2020-08-13)
... that in 1851, Wilson Armistead from Leeds hosted escaped slaves Ellen and William Craft when they fled the United States after the Fugitive Slave Act? (2020-08-13)
... that Christians belonging to the Oriental Orthodox Churches pray at seven fixed prayer times? (2020-08-23)
... that Kanye West recorded part of a track from Jesus Is King as a Voice Memo on his iPhone? (2020-08-26)
... that 17th-century English writers Martha Moulsworth and Alice Sutcliffe are each known for a single literary work? (2020-08-30)
... that before the Sunday Service Choir's "Revelations 19:1" rendition was released, Kanye West sampled it on his song "Selah"? (2020-09-01)
... that the tower of St. Michael, a church begun in the 12th century, dominated Fürth's skyline for centuries? (2020-09-01)
... that Stella Immanuel claims that space alien DNA is used in medical treatments, that reptilians run the United States government, and that she uses hydroxychloroquine to cure COVID-19? (2020-09-02)
... that the verse "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus" was left out of the slave bible due to fears that it could incite rebellion? (2020-09-03)
... that Kanye West asked the collaborators on his album Jesus Is King not to engage in premarital sex? (2020-09-04)
... that a 1618 work by scholar Juan Márquez claims that Saint Francis of Assisi (depicted) was probably an Augustinian hermit? (2020-09-04)
... that Jewish homes in the Diaspora often feature a mizrah wall hanging (example pictured) to indicate the direction of prayer towards Jerusalem? (2020-09-06)
... that Patriarch Joseph el-Ruzzi promulgated the use of the Gregorian calendar in the Maronite Church, the first Eastern Christian church to do so, in 1606? (2020-09-06)
... that Autobahnkirche Siegerland (pictured), a 2013 road church on the A 45 that looks like a piece of folded paper, is always open? (2020-09-09)
... that Thomas Edward Wilkinson was made Bishop of Zululand after his predecessor in South Africa, John Colenso, was excommunicated? (2020-09-10)
... that on the single "Bra Off" from Natalie Lauren's album Handle with Care, Lauren asserts that women should not be subject to insult, assault, or sexism when they do not wear a bra? (2020-09-19)
... that St. Johannes Evangelist, a former abbey church built in Cappenberg in the 12th century, houses the Barbarossa reliquary (pictured)? (2020-09-19)
... that Newcastle architect Gibson Kyle lay in wait and caught a burglar who was absconding with 33 lb (15 kg) of lead belonging to Richard Grainger? (2020-09-21)
... that the Convent of Santo Domingo (pictured) in Valencia, founded in 1239 as a church, is now used as a Spanish Army headquarters? (2020-09-24)
... that both the Cross of Camargue (example pictured) and the Anchored Cross use a cross and anchor to represent a relationship to the sea? (2020-10-02)
... that Kanye West used an extended version of his track "Jesus Is Lord" under the title of "Every Knee Shall Bow" for his film Jesus Is King? (2020-10-04)
... that limpa, a sweet Scandinavian rye bread, was historically leavened with fermented brewer's wort? (2020-10-10)
... that the National Covenant was signed after protests possibly started by Jenny Geddes throwing a stool at the dean of St Giles'? (2020-10-12)
... that Saint Augustine believed that lying is un-Christian even when done to save a life? (2020-10-27)
... that Pope Francis's encyclical Fratelli tutti is the first to be signed outside Rome? (2020-10-30)
... that Exeter Cathedral School has been educating choristers since the year 1179? (2020-11-01)
... that Augustine's views of Christian theology were developed in opposition to Pelagianism, which he declared a heresy? (2020-11-03)
... that despite its name, the 11th-century Emperor's Bible is not a Bible? (2020-11-06)
... that Vä Church is decorated with some of the oldest church murals in Sweden (example pictured)? (2020-11-09)
... that the Chapel at the United Nations is a popular site for interfaith marriage ceremonies? (2020-11-15)
... that medieval Russians sometimes built churches in one day to ward off epidemics? (2020-11-16)
... that one of the inhabited initials of the 12th-century Necrologium Lundense illuminated manuscript shows influences from Viking art? (2020-11-17)
... that bishop Hermann of Schleswig was never actually bishop of Schleswig? (2020-11-19)
... that 19th-century Mormonism embraced the desire for a slow, dramatic, "beautiful death" with plenty of witnesses? (2020-11-25)
... that Saint Ninnoc (depicted) is often shown with a stag lying at her feet, said to represent the at-risk women who came under her guardianship? (2020-12-01)
... that the lehenga was the traditional dress of women belonging to the Bettiah Christian ethnoreligious community of India? (2020-12-03)
... that Christ Church, Marylebone (pictured), is now a sports centre? (2020-12-05)
... that medieval murals were discovered in Brönnestad Church in 1935, but not restored until 1980? (2020-12-09)
... that the only thing known about Johannete Ravenelle is that she owned a book of hours now carrying her name (detail pictured)? (2020-12-20)
... that The European said of George Saxby Penfold's sermons that "they are distinguished by a pleasing mediocrity"? (2020-12-22)
... that Cynthia Fierro Harvey is the first Hispanic woman to serve as the president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops? (2020-12-23)
... that a football club in Finland called FC Santa Claus has competed as high as the third tier? (2020-12-24)
... that after a visit to a ragged school, Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol, in which he uses the ghost of Jacob Marley (illustrated) as a mouthpiece for his own views on social responsibility? (2020-12-24)
... that the Mostaert Amsterdam Adoration (detail pictured) includes three scenes from the Old Testament and one from Christian legend? (2020-12-25)
... that O magnum mysterium, a motet for double choir by Morten Lauridsen, is a setting of a medieval Latin text for Christmas to music described as "ethereal sounds in imperturbable calmness"? (2020-12-25)
... that One Voice at Christmas involves Aled Jones duetting Christmas carols with his younger self and the late Terry Wogan? (2020-12-25)
... that the classic children's Christmas story The Littlest Angel was written in just three days? (2020-12-25)
... that sending the real animals and personnel in The Twelve Days of Christmas resulted in a letter from G. Creep, solicitor? (2020-12-25)
... that Psalm 148, calling heaven and earth to be glad, inspired the 17th-century Christmas carol "Erfreue dich, Himmel, erfreue dich, Erde", which Maria Luise Thurmair expanded with more details from the psalm in 1963? (2020-12-26)
... that John Montgomery Cooper advanced the theory that both South American and North American Indians were "marginal peoples" who were cultural relics from prehistoric times? (2021-01-10)
... that the National Library of France was able to buy the book of hours of Joan of France (detail pictured) thanks to private donations? (2021-01-15)
... that The Gospel of Afranius, a 1995 Russian novel and polemic challenging an American evangelical apologist text, has not yet been translated to English? (2021-01-15)
... that Saint Émilie de Rodat (pictured) founded the Sisters of the Holy Family of Villefranche in 1815, a French religious order that provides free education for poor girls? (2021-01-17)
... that according to a chaplain at Nonnberg Abbey, an abbot was immediately struck blind after stealing one of Saint Erentrude's relics 300 years after her death? (2021-01-18)
... that after the Dreikönigskirche escaped destruction in World War II, it became Frankfurt's leading venue of church music performances (example pictured)? (2021-01-19)
... that virtuoso organist Frederick Swann was seen weekly on television by an estimated audience of 20 million viewers in 165 countries? (2021-01-20)
... that both Jochen Klepper and Hildegard Schaeder sought solace amidst the horror of the Nazi regime in Paul Gerhardt's 17th-century New Year's song "Nun lasst uns gehn und treten"? (2021-01-22)
... that the Christuskirche in Idstein-Walsdorf received this name in 1993, 600 years after a first chapel in the village was mentioned? (2021-01-24)
... that clergyman David Williamson's time as an outlaw is commemorated in the traditional Scottish song "Dainty Davie"? (2021-01-25)
... that after Saint Eustadiola, a 7th century abbess in Bourges, France, prayed with her nuns for rain during a drought, they got drenched before they were able to return to the convent? (2021-01-26)
... that places of worship in Elmbridge, Surrey, include the "ferocious" Weybridge United Reformed Church? (2021-01-26)
... that Dax Reynosa began his hip-hop career as a battle rapper who would burn the rhyme books of defeated opponents, and later co-produced a documentary depicting battle rap in Los Angeles? (2021-02-02)
... that although Dallas minister Walker Railey was acquitted of the attempted murder of his wife in a criminal court, a civil court awarded an $18 million judgment against him? (2021-02-02)
... that Anna Utenhoven, who was buried alive in 1597, was the last person executed for heresy in the Low Countries? (2021-02-03)
... that Gore Vidal's novel Live from Golgotha has been called a "masterpiece of blasphemous vulgarity"? (2021-02-03)
... that rapper Zane One does not listen to much hip hop music, and her debut album features samples from classic rock and folk songs? (2021-02-06)
... that the Dreikönigskirche in Dresden, a Baroque church completed in 1739, was bombed in 1945, not restored until 1984, and served as the seat of the state parliament from 1990? (2021-02-10)
... that medieval depictions of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (example pictured) often show her dropping her belt to Thomas the Apostle as she rises? (2021-02-11)
... that the church led by Ernest T. Campbell sponsored Marina Oswald, the widow of Lee Harvey Oswald, to study at the University of Michigan? (2021-02-14)
... that the English clergyman Frank Thewlis was related to Prime Minister Harold Wilson and wore a red handkerchief in his jacket pocket when preaching to show his support for Wilson's Labour Party? (2021-02-19)
... that philanthropist Sidney Hill began a new life in England as a gentleman farmer, adding stables to the estate, a dairy and Langford Bullock Palaces for his prized shorthorn cattle? (2021-02-20)
... that the Indonesian drama film Ave Maryam focuses on a forbidden romantic relationship between a Roman Catholic nun and her pastor? (2021-03-01)
... that the former graveyard of St Michael and All Angels Church, Sunninghill, is in the front garden of the house next door? (2021-03-01)
... that George A. Palmer continued his live Morning Cheer radio broadcast from his house while it was on fire? (2021-03-03)
... that Anwoth Old Church, where Samuel Rutherford preached in the early 17th century, was used as a location in the shooting of the classic horror film The Wicker Man? (2021-03-07)
... that Wilbur Nelson was known as the "singing evangelist" because he both sang and preached at his services? (2021-03-15)
... that on Saint Patrick's Day in 2003, Catholic Worker Clare Grady broke into an Army recruiting center and poured her blood on the walls, windows, and a US flag in a protest against the invasion of Iraq? (2021-03-17)
... that Millie Dienert was called the "first lady of prayer" for her work on behalf of evangelist Billy Graham? (2021-03-21)
... that the music styles in the discography of mewithoutYou range from screamed post-hardcore vocals to acoustic campfire songs? (2021-03-22)
... that so many people attended the golden-jubilee celebrations for the pastor of Galeed Chapel in Brighton in 1932 that they had to be held in a different church? (2021-03-23)
... that Dalby Church (pictured) may once have been part of a Danish royal palace complex? (2021-03-27)
... that Louis William Valentine DuBourg established his episcopal see in St. Louis because the Catholics of New Orleans would not accept his authority? (2021-04-04)
... that when Canadian preacher Perry F. Rockwood criticized the Presbyterian church in 1947, he was ordered to recant and burn his sermons? (2021-04-05)
... that Grote Stadskerk, a church located in the historical centre of Paramaribo, is the first and the largest church of the Moravian congregation in Suriname? (2021-04-07)
... that a German theologian wrote "Vertraut den neuen Wegen" to be sung at a wedding in Eisenach shortly before the fall of the Wall? (2021-04-07)
... that in the music video for "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)", Lil Nas X gives Satan a lap dance? (2021-04-14)
... that the miracles that established Saint Glodesind's claim to sainthood did not begin until 25 years or more after her death, and many of them occurred over 200 years later? (2021-04-18)
... that four religious denominations meet in one district of Wrocław? (2021-04-20)
... that verse 16 from Psalm 115 was quoted by John McConnell (pictured) as an inspiration to create Earth Day? (2021-04-26)
... that one of the Cehennemağzı Caves in northwestern Turkey features a very old Christian church, which was used as a secret place of worship in the first years of Christianity? (2021-05-03)
... that the 11th-century Dalby Gospel Book is the first medieval manuscript known to have existed in Denmark? (2021-05-07)
... that the Second Apocalypse of John paints a picture of the Last Judgement in which Christian emperors are driven like slaves and racial discrimination is no more? (2021-05-12)
... that Colonel Anna von Wattenwyl went to jail in Switzerland because of her work for the Salvation Army? (2021-05-14)
... that Eve Pitts, one of the Church of England's "fiercest critics", is also their first black woman vicar? (2021-06-15)
... that in 1905, Mae Eleanor Frey became the first woman to be ordained in the American Baptist Churches USA? (2021-06-16)
... that Catherine Sourbut Groves, who experienced the fall of the Berlin Wall as a student, became an archdeacon in the Church of England via Zoom? (2021-06-19)
... that the Heiligen-Geist-Kapelle in Bruck, a unique late-Gothic chapel with a star rib vault (pictured), was almost demolished to make room for a highway? (2021-07-04)
... that the Basilica of Saint Maternus in Walcourt, Belgium, contains one of the oldest preserved Marian devotional statues in Western Christianity? (2021-07-07)
... that when Cordula Wöhler was expelled from a Lutheran pastor's household for converting to Catholicism, she wrote a poem that became one of the most popular hymns to Mary in German? (2021-07-21)
... that Wendy Solling was a nun, a sculptor and one of the first women ordained in the Anglican Church of Australia? (2021-07-24)
... that, while drunk, Romanian government minister Gheorghe Chițu allegedly had a dentist "pull out the roots of all his molars and his front teeth", resulting in permanent neurological damage? (2021-07-27)
... that Minnie Lindsay Carpenter wrote more than twelve books about the history of The Salvation Army? (2021-07-29)
... that the pulpit of St George's Church, Edinburgh, was 20 ft (6.1 m) tall? (2021-08-04)
... that New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral (pictured), praised upon completion as the "finest church edifice on the American continent", was funded mostly by poor Irish Catholic parishioners? (2021-08-13)
... that three verses from Psalm 86 became part of Mendelssohn's oratorio Elijah, including the opening "Lord, bow thine ear to our pray'r"? (2021-08-18)
... that the steel-framed Church Missions House (pictured) in New York City predates the city's first steel skyscraper? (2021-08-19)
... that because the hand in the Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm (pictured) is clenched rather than open, it is assumed to have functioned as a battle standard or a talisman? (2021-08-20)
... that Phyllis Le Cappelaine Burke helped found the Sydney chapter of the St. Joan Social and Political Alliance, which advocated for equal rights for women? (2021-08-22)
... that Chinese biblical scholar Zhu Weizhi believed that Jesus was a proletarian? (2021-08-26)
... that Theodore Roosevelt sent National Baptist Convention president Elias Camp Morris to investigate atrocities committed in the Congo Free State? (2021-08-29)
... that Megan Phelps-Roper (pictured) announced her departure from the Westboro Baptist Church when the church planned to protest at the funerals of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting? (2021-09-01)
... that the fringe belief of serpent seed claims that the Serpent mated with Eve in the Garden of Eden, and their offspring was Cain? (2021-09-07)
... that the medieval rood of Ramsåsa Church was discovered in the church attic at the beginning of the 20th century? (2021-09-12)
... that places of worship in the English district of East Hampshire include the Temple of the White Eagle Lodge—likened to "an Art Deco version of the Pantheon"? (2021-09-13)
... that the Protestant Church in Borgholzhausen features a 1501 carved stone altar with scenes from the Passion of Jesus? (2021-09-18)
... that some canons of the canon law of the Eastern Orthodox Church contradict each other? (2021-09-23)
... that Monika Salzer, a systematic psychotherapist and Protestant pastor, was a columnist for the Kronen Zeitung and appeared on television in Dancing Stars? (2021-09-27)
... that Show Me the Father is the fourth consecutive film produced by the Kendrick brothers to earn an "A+" grade on CinemaScore? (2021-10-08)
... that Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, a motet by Telemann, was performed and recorded in 2017 to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation? (2021-10-31)
... that American evangelist J. Charles Jessup was called "The Great Gaspy"? (2021-11-14)
... that "Möge die Straße uns zusammenführen", a German song based on Irish toasts, was ranked fourth in a 2021 survey of favourite hymns? (2021-11-14)
... that all stanzas of the 1963 song "Herr, gib uns Mut zum Hören" (Lord, give us courage to listen), with text and tune by Kurt Rommel, begin with a prayer for courage? (2021-12-03)
... that the "two boats and a helicopter" parable has been used to combat COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy? (2021-12-10)
... that Dante "may have detested everything about Arabs and Muslims", but placed Saladin, Avicenna, and Averroes among the virtuous in the first circle of hell? (2021-12-11)
... that during W. Sterling Cary's presidency of the National Council of Churches in the 1970s, the council voted to support gay rights for the first time in its history? (2021-12-11)
... that Salvatorian priest Pankratius Pfeiffer saved hundreds of Jews in Rome during the Second World War? (2021-12-13)
... that the Global Methodist Church is part of a proposed divorce over marriage? (2021-12-14)
... that the punishment of sinners in the second circle of hell (pictured) is an example of contrapasso? (2021-12-14)
... that St Collen's Church (pictured) in Wales has a memorial to one of the 19th century's most famous same-sex partnerships? (2021-12-17)
... that Felix Mendelssohn, inspired by the singing of nuns at the Trinità dei Monti in Rome, composed the motet Veni Domine for Advent? (2021-12-19)
... that Kurt Rommel, a German Protestant pastor, wrote the texts and tunes for hundreds of hymns with young people in mind? (2021-12-22)
... that there is some uncertainty as to which figures in Bramantino's Adoration of the Kings represent the Three Kings? (2021-12-25)
... that "Brich an, du schönes Morgenlicht" (Break, you beautiful morning light) tells the shepherds in Bach's Christmas Oratorio to not be afraid? (2021-12-25)
... that Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen, a Bach cantata for the Third Day of Christmas, contains the only aria that he newly composed for the oratorio? (2021-12-27)
... that William Rounseville Alger's (pictured) 1857 Fourth of July speech was so controversial that the city of Boston refused to print it for seven years? (2021-12-27)
... that Chninkel, a Franco-Belgian comic mixing Tolkien-like fantasy with Biblical themes, has been translated into several languages? (2021-12-30)
... that Dante used the third circle of hell (illustrated) to discuss contemporary Florentine politics rather than the sin of gluttony? (2021-12-30)
... that Nothgottes (interior pictured), a pilgrimage destination in the Rheingau since the 14th century, is a monastery of Cistercians from Vietnam? (2022-01-06)
... that Gamaliel's principle has been used to support religious pluralism and reforms within the church? (2022-01-15)
... that Kanye West's "24" was recorded in tribute to Kobe Bryant a few days after his death? (2022-01-18)
... that the text of "In dir ist Freude" ("In Thee is Gladness") was written in the 16th century to a 1591 dance song melody by Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, and first published in a collection of Christmas carols? (2022-01-19)
... that news editor Amasa Converse officiated the marriage of Edgar Allan Poe and Poe's teenage cousin Virginia Clemm? (2022-01-20)
... that the windows of St. George's Episcopal Memorial Church in Bismarck, North Dakota, contain stained glass fragments collected from English churches damaged during World War II? (2022-01-22)
... that Dick Graves sold his casino to an employee on a handshake, telling him "pay me when you can"? (2022-01-25)
... that Mount Yasumandake was considered sacred to Buddhists, Shintoists, and Christians? (2022-02-04)
... that the 1929 Scottish Prayer Book is the Scottish Episcopal Church's current version of the Book of Common Prayer? (2022-02-04)
... that the 1979 Book of Common Prayer contains a Star Wars prayer? (2022-02-08)
... that letters and reports continued to appear under Pontius Pilate's name for centuries after his death? (2022-02-11)
... that Saint Juliana Olshanska is said to have appeared to Archimandrite Peter Mogila to reproach him for the lack of respect paid to her relics? (2022-02-12)
... that the population of Holmes County, Ohio, is approximately 50 percent Amish? (2022-02-14)
... that the organ in Hastings Unitarian Church had previously been in three other Unitarian churches? (2022-02-17)
... that a London shipbuilder founded Wellington Square Baptist Church in Hastings out of gratitude for his daughter's health improving while staying in the seaside town? (2022-02-20)
... that Cheok Hong Cheong sold bananas for a decade, after which he became superintendent of the Church of England of Melbourne? (2022-02-26)
... that the second college founded by David Nelson was known as an "abolitionist factory"? (2022-03-05)
... that two sculptures from 1428 (one pictured) in the Church of Saint Quentin in Tournai are among the earliest examples of a style that was to dominate most of Europe for the following century? (2022-03-10)
... that in 2002, Georg Christoph Biller and others conceived the Forum Thomanum as a new music educational campus for the Thomanerchor, Bach's choir dating back to 1212? (2022-03-13)
... that the 1711 Missa Sanctae Caeciliae, the first composition by Jan Dismas Zelenka, who had come from Prague to play in the Dresden court orchestra, is a 45-minute mass? (2022-03-14)
... that "Nahe wollt der Herr uns sein" (The Lord wanted to be close to us), first written in Dutch by Huub Oosterhuis in 1964, was included in the 1975 German hymnal Gotteslob? (2022-03-15)
... that Jean Webster daily served hundreds of people free food directly out of her home kitchen for over a decade? (2022-03-22)
... that the text of the hymn "Herr, nimm auch uns zum Tabor mit" was written in 2001 because few German hymns dealt with the transfiguration of Jesus, an annual reading during Lent? (2022-04-14)
... that the 1962 Book of Common Prayer has been translated into Cree, French, Inuktitut, and Mohawk? (2022-04-15)
... that the 16th-century Hockley Pendant (pictured) was discovered by a four-year-old in 2009? (2022-04-15)
... that Chow Leung started a language school for children in Chicago before writing Chinese Fables and Folk Stories (illustration pictured) with Mary Hayes Davis? (2022-04-17)
... that the 1662 Book of Common Prayer was approved by Parliament on 19 May 1662, and required by law starting on St Bartholomew's Day that year? (2022-05-05)
... that a call to prayer is a common feature to Christianity, Islam and Judaism? (2022-05-09)
... that Easter in Poland was considered to be an important patriotic holiday during the country's period of Partitions? (2022-05-17)
... that the earliest representation of the devil might be a mosaic in San Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna from the 6th century, in the form of a blue angel? (2022-05-18)
... that when planting vegetables, Richard Sharpe Mason once buried his glasses instead of peas? (2022-05-18)
... that "What do you hope to achieve with this?" were the last words of the Nigerian college student Deborah Yakubu while being lynched for alleged blasphemy? (2022-06-01)
... that James McChord was elected to the presidency of Centre College by its board of trustees, but died before he could take office? (2022-06-03)
... that literary fiction novel Agatha of Little Neon's title stems from a house that is "the color of Mountain Dew"? (2022-06-08)
... that the temptation of Christ has been associated with Jebel Quruntul in the West Bank since at least the 4th century? (2022-06-08)
... that after bombing in World War II, the surviving tower of the Friedenskirche, a Lutheran church in Stuttgart, was combined with a new concrete structure? (2022-06-11)
... that the Patriarchy really does control the sisters of the Monastery Saint Claire in Nazareth? (2022-06-14)
... that Central City College was established as an African American-led alternative to the historically black Atlanta Baptist College? (2022-06-25)
... that Red Jordan Arobateau adopted "Red" as his first name after dyeing his hair red because he thought the color represented sensuality and eroticism of his work? (2022-07-02)
... that Owen Jones's elaborately ornamented Book of Common Prayer "pointed to the direction that books in general were to follow in the Victorian Age"? (2022-07-04)
... that "Hurricane" was originally intended for Chance the Rapper, who passed on the song to Kanye West? (2022-07-06)
... that based on the biblical principle of omnia sunt communia, Thomas Aquinas argued that theft is not a sin if the thief genuinely needs what they are stealing? (2022-07-13)
... that a pontiff in pontificals may pontificate with a pontifical at a Pontifical during his pontificate? (2022-07-24)
... that Theophilus Gates started a nudist free-love Christian sect in the mid–19th century near Pottstown, Pennsylvania? (2022-07-27)
... that in 1946, Margrethe Parm (pictured) was appointed the director of a women's prison that had been used as a political prison during the German occupation of Norway? (2022-07-30)
... that Kanye West recorded "Everything We Need" as a new version of his leaked track "The Storm"? (2022-08-01)
... that Joseph-Alfred Archambeault threatened to excommunicate a writer who criticised the Catholic Church's opposition to the theory of evolution? (2022-08-01)
... that American religious speaker Ann Kiemel Anderson ran in two Boston Marathons and two Israel marathons near the Sea of Galilee to promote Christianity? (2022-08-02)
... that within the graveyard of the Category A–listed Crossmichael Parish Church, there is a memorial (pictured) to William Gordon of Greenlaw that is itself designated Category A in its own right? (2022-08-09)
... that Akron Baptist Temple (pictured) once featured 6-foot-tall (1.8 m) red lettering that flashed? (2022-08-10)
... that the word "dirge" for funeral hymns can be traced to primer prayer books? (2022-09-07)
... that Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church bishop Yuhanon Mar Meletius said that Christian Sangh Parivar sympathizers are "moving on a suicidal path"? (2022-09-12)
... that despite two 16th-century books often being referred to as the Edwardine Ordinals, the word "ordinal" was not applied to them until the 17th century? (2022-09-13)
... that Jewish Indian theory, the erroneous idea that some lost tribes of Israel became ancestors to Native Americans, influenced the Book of Mormon? (2022-09-16)
... that a Carolingian military sermon promises soldiers victory, provided they do not engage in sexual activity or looting? (2022-09-24)
... that the first Catholic synod in China was held in 1803 near Chungkingchow in Sichuan Province? (2022-10-01)
... that despite the commercial success of previous Kendrick Brothers films, star Kirk Cameron said that Lifemark was unable to secure a distributor due to its pro-life stance? (2022-10-02)
... that the margins of the Hours of Charles the Noble contain 180 depictions of musical instruments, providing a representative overview of medieval instruments? (2022-10-10)
... that Kanye West's "Hands On" marked Fred Hammond's first appearance on the US Billboard Hot 100? (2022-10-18)
... that "perhaps the most notable wedding gown in existence" within the United States was once worn in St. Mary's-in-Tuxedo? (2022-10-20)
... that Assyrian Christian couples drink dust from the tombs of martyrs and are crowned during their weddings? (2022-10-22)
... that All Saints' Episcopal Church contains the crypt of its founder, Episcopal Bishop of Texas George Herbert Kinsolving? (2022-10-26)
... that the remix of Kanye West's "Use This Gospel" was added to DJ Khaled's God Did at the last minute? (2022-10-28)
... that Jacobus Capitein (pictured), who was sold into slavery at either age 7 or 8, promoted proslavery arguments based on Christianity? (2022-10-29)
... that the sculpture Guns into Plowshares was built from 3,000 disabled handguns? (2022-11-02)
... that the heads of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Jacobite Syrian Christian Church certify their bishops by giving them a sthathicon? (2022-11-02)
... that Denver's oldest building continuously used for Protestant worship, the Evans Memorial Chapel, is now also used by Catholics? (2022-11-04)
... that the nonconformist minister Ichabod Chauncey was banished from England under the Religion Act 1592 and spent two years in exile in Holland where he published a defence of his actions? (2022-11-06)
... that in 1772, Gowan Pamphlet (pictured) was ordained while still a slave? (2022-11-08)
... that the 8th-century Lichfield Angel was discovered beneath the floor of Lichfield Cathedral in 2003? (2022-11-22)
... that the precise details in medieval customaries have allowed historians to reconstruct since-lost buildings? (2022-12-05)
... that the Church of St Giles, Stoke Poges, which is claimed to have inspired the "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard", is featured in a James Bond film? (2022-12-17)
... that the Maria Advocata (pictured) is one of the oldest icons of Mary, mother of Jesus, and that according to legend it was painted by Luke the Evangelist? (2022-12-20)
... that the Bern Disputation of 1528 led to the Swiss canton becoming the second Protestant canton in the Swiss Confederacy? (2022-12-23)
... that use of the 1604 Book of Common Prayer was authorized by the king of England, but later outlawed by Parliament? (2022-12-30)
... that while at high school, Johann Georg Seidenbusch declared to Our Lady: "ad carissimam Sponsam te eligo" (I choose thee as my dearest Bride)? (2023-01-05)
... that the medieval baptismal font of Löderup Church in Sweden contains a depiction of a ship with a dragon's head at the stem, similar to a Viking ship? (2023-01-05)
... that the Kitab al-wadih bi-l-haqq is a critique of Islam written by a convert to Coptic Christianity during a period of persecution? (2023-01-12)
... that the Second Vatican Council tried to undo the latinization of Eastern Catholic liturgy? (2023-01-13)
... that the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church admonished pastor John Swanel Inskip for allowing men and women to sit together at church? (2023-01-14)
... that Romanian poet Dimitrie Stelaru said that he once traveled to Paris by truck, adding "I hardly remember anything, I was drunk the whole time"? (2023-01-17)
... that the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes at the University of Notre Dame (pictured) contains two stones originally from the grotto at which Our Lady of Lourdes is said to have appeared to Saint Bernadette? (2023-02-11)
... that the particular church to which one belongs determines the right rite and the use to use? (2023-02-18)
... that Jane Dempsey Douglass became the first woman to head a worldwide communion of churches in 1990? (2023-02-21)
... that Minuscule 1689, a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, went missing for nearly 100 years after it was moved during World War I for safety reasons? (2023-02-24)
... that in 1785, at the age of 24, James Freeman convinced his congregation to adopt his revised prayer book, which contributed to King's Chapel becoming the first Unitarian congregation in the United States? (2023-02-25)
... that in the aftermath of the American Civil War, the only Black-led organization providing teachers to formerly enslaved people was the African Civilization Society? (2023-02-26)
... that LaDainian Tomlinson scored two touchdowns in 47 seconds to break the NFL single-season touchdown record? (2023-02-26)
... that the Cathedral of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Suzhou is known for its "hybridity" of Chinese and Western architecture? (2023-03-02)
... that Rembrandt liked the Jan Lievens painting The Raising of Lazarus (pictured) so much that he acquired it for himself? (2023-03-06)
... that in 2015, GracePointe Church, Nashville, Tennessee, became one of the first evangelical megachurches to openly support full equality for LGBTQ people? (2023-03-15)
... that the 14th-century St Mary's Church, Mablethorpe, in Lincolnshire, England, is constructed of material classified as random mixed rubble, red brick and slate? (2023-03-16)
... that in a recent book, David Bentley Hart – a New Testament translator and proponent of the existence of fairies – engages in dialogues with his dog Roland (both pictured)? (2023-04-06)
... that during the time of the Church Fathers, the velatio nuptialis was used by the church to validate the sacrament of marriage and emphasize its importance? (2023-04-11)
... that The Vision of God sparked controversy in Mexican radio? (2023-04-12)
... that the 1928 Book of Common Prayer was adopted by the Episcopal Church in the United States, but the Church of England's 1928 Book of Common Prayer was rejected by Parliament? (2023-05-05)
... that the Cross of Wales, leading the procession at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla, features two relics of the True Cross gifted to the King by Pope Francis? (2023-05-06)
... that 19th-century American evangelist Dwight L. Moody was converted to Christianity in the stock room of a shoe store by his Sunday School teacher Edward Kimball? (2023-05-06)
... that today the Bishop of Edinburgh plays a ceremonial role at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla as a representative of the Walker Trustees? (2023-05-06)
... that 39 English and British monarchs have been crowned at Westminster Abbey (pictured) since 1066? (2023-05-06)
... that German president Joachim Gauck, a former Lutheran pastor, visited St. Francis Cathedral in Xi'an, China, 300 years after construction began? (2023-05-11)
... that Winchester United Church, a place of worship in the City of Winchester District, Hampshire, was built into the walls of the former county jail? (2023-05-15)
... that a photograph inspired by one of Leonardo da Vinci's paintings shows 14 Israeli soldiers and was described as a "homoerotic challenge to Israeli machismo"? (2023-05-18)
... that Luo Wenzao (pictured) became the first Catholic bishop from China in 1685, after initially declining the appointment in 1677? (2023-05-24)
... that Luo Wenzao became the first Catholic bishop from China in 1685, after initially declining the appointment in 1677? (2024-05-24)
... that evangelist Bob Harrington would drive miles out of his way to avoid the sight of a steeple? (2023-05-28)
... that the Kölner Domchor (pictured) from Cologne Cathedral sang Palmeri's Misa a Buenos Aires at a 2013 festival in Rome dedicated to Pope Francis, with the composer at the piano? (2023-06-02)
... that to prevent bishops from opposing the Elizabethan Book of Common Prayer, reformers had the entire papalist party arrested during a debate? (2023-06-08)
... that during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, Boxer rebels destroyed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Taiyuan, and 26 members of the clergy were killed? (2023-06-19)
... that Pope Sisinnius was pope for only 20 days? (2023-06-23)
... that the text of the Acts of Peter and the Twelve was completely unknown until its discovery at Nag Hammadi in 1945? (2023-07-03)
... that Emmanuel Zheng Manuo was the first Chinese student in Europe and the first Chinese Jesuit priest? (2023-07-19)
... that because of violent reactions – such as Jenny Geddes's on 23 July 1637 (pictured) – to a Scottish prayer book, Walter Whitford kept loaded pistols visible to his congregants while using the book? (2023-07-23)
... that the Cross of Saint James is associated with the apostle's appearance at the mythical Battle of Clavijo? (2023-07-25)
... that former German chancellor Angela Merkel's grandfather likely fought against Germany in World War I? (2023-08-17)
... that the crusading movement defined concepts of warfare throughout medieval Europe? (2023-08-19)
... that William Maldon learned to read, which resulted in him almost being killed by his father? (2023-08-22)
... that a march of six thousand people commenced after a statue of Our Lady of Lourdes was made in Paraparaumu? (2023-08-24)
... that Chinese missionary Tan See Boo moved to Singapore to work for the Presbyterian Church, but later returned to China to persuade Christians to leave the Presbyterian Church? (2023-08-27)
... that Regina Purtell took such great care of Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders that the press called her the Florence Nightingale of the Spanish–American War? (2023-09-03)
... that medieval monks could be punished by being walled up alive in a special ecclesiastical prison called the Vade in Pace? (2023-09-16)
... that Catechumen, a Christian first-person shooter, was funded only in the aftermath of the Columbine High School massacre? (2023-09-19)
... that the heavy metal band Cradle of Filth released a T-shirt that was so offensive that several people were arrested for wearing it? (2023-09-20)
... that under early English common law a person became legally dead when they entered a religious order? (2023-10-13)
... that "The Potato King of Colorado" survived a shipwreck, mined for gold in Australia, and helped establish an alcohol-free Methodist colony? (2023-10-15)
... that a 1937 proposal to name a small church in Bremen after Horst Wessel provoked a fierce dispute with the local Nazi Party leadership? (2023-10-17)
... that English missionary Reverend Thomas Sparshott co-wrote a book in Swahili, and his daughter Margaret Elwyn Sparshott (pictured) was responsible as matron for 22 hospitals in World War I? (2023-10-17)
... that Minuscule 1582, a Greek manuscript of the New Testament Gospels, has an ancient note before Mark 16:9–20 which casts doubt on the authenticity of these verses? (2023-10-23)
... that according to Christian tradition, the cloth used to shroud the body of Christ was made of sindon? (2023-10-26)
... that according to Pope Innocent III's 1213 letter Quia maior, the number of the beast refers to the number of years since Muhammad's migration from Medina to Mecca? (2023-11-10)
... that the Retable of the Virgin of Montserrat (pictured) was commissioned by a merchant, perhaps as a sign of gratitude for his safe return from a shipwrecked journey from Savona to Valencia? (2023-11-15)
... that Lea Ackermann (pictured), a German nun of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, fought against forced prostitution and sex tourism in East Africa? (2023-11-23)
... that Erin Swenson was the first mainstream Protestant minister known to have undergone gender transition while in ordained office? (2023-11-28)
... that the Penitential of Finnian is the oldest known penitential? (2023-11-29)
... that in his Liber Gratissimus, Peter Damian argues that simony is a sin worse than adultery or murder? (2023-12-14)
... that in a village in Wales, hares were traditionally nicknamed "St Monacella's lambs"? (2023-12-16)
... that Walter A. Groves received a job offer from Centre College by telegram around the same time that he was forced to leave his work as a missionary in Iran due to the country being invaded? (2023-12-17)
... that The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer: A Worldwide Survey made historian Alec Ryrie suspect "there is such a thing as 'Anglicanism' after all"? (2023-12-19)
... that the pastor John Littlejohn went from selling pornographic literature to sailors as a youth to protecting the Declaration of Independence? (2023-12-21)
... that on Christmas Eve in 1818, the Christmas carol "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") was first performed in the Nikolauskirche in Oberndorf, Austria? (2023-12-24)
... that Dimitrie Ralet, a pioneer Romanian orientalist, commended Ottoman reformers for not "blindly adopting what we in Europe take to mean civilization"? (2023-12-28)
... that the Cross Temple in Fangshan, Beijing, is the only surviving Nestorian Christian site in China? (2024-01-01)
... that when Abbess Stephanie of Courtenay's niece's marriage to the king of Jerusalem was annulled, the court's reasoning was so flimsy that a noted jurist had to ask Stephanie to explain it to him? (2024-01-04)
... that Shen Zigao, the first Anglican bishop of Chinese descent, was consecrated at All Saints Church, Shanghai, in 1934? (2024-01-08)
... that in her 2021 book The Origins of Early Christian Literature, Robyn Faith Walsh found that German Romanticists were in part responsible for modern scholarly assumptions about the gospels? (2024-01-09)
... that a pornographic screenplay about Jesus led to papal and royal condemnations, a firebombing, the writer's ban from the UK, and thousands of letters per week demanding the ban of a non-existent gay Jesus film? (2024-01-24)
... that "Thy Strong Word" replaced an anti–Mexican–American War hymn in the Episcopal Church? (2024-01-24)
... that two towers remain (pictured) of the otherwise almost completely demolished Abbey of Saint Winnoc, because they were used as daymarks by sailors? (2024-01-26)
... that Augustine of Hippo's Harmony of the Gospels is technically not a Gospel harmony? (2024-01-27)
... that Nelson Santana supposedly predicted the date of his death? (2024-01-27)
... that Louis Zhang Jiashu, a Catholic bishop of Shanghai who studied at Canterbury in 1911, received the archbishop of Canterbury, Michael Ramsey, in Shanghai in 1983? (2024-01-28)
... that a street in Bucharest was once named after Ioniță Tunsu, an outlaw who used to visit his girlfriend there? (2024-02-04)
... that the only proposal from the 1749 book Free and Candid Disquisitions to be implemented by the Church of England was a prayer "for the ceasing of the distemper" of cattle? (2024-02-05)
... that St Mary's Church in Nun Monkton, England, restored by John Wilson Walton-Wilson, contains a pulpit (detail pictured) carved by Robert Beall? (2024-02-05)
... that the church of St James the Less, Pockthorpe, now the home of the Norwich Puppet Theatre, once contained a rood screen with portraits of saints painted in 1479? (2024-02-08)
... that Thomas of Chobham's Summa confessorum was one of the most copied works on penance in the late medieval period? (2024-02-09)
... that Walkelin, Bishop of Winchester, began the construction of the modern Winchester Cathedral in 1079? (2024-02-11)
... that for several millennia, some humans buried corpses in their houses? (2024-02-20)
... that the growth of Christianity in 20th-century Africa has been termed the "fourth great age of Christian expansion"? (2024-02-22)
... that in his Ethics, Peter Abelard argued that infidels who sincerely believe themselves to be honouring God are not guilty of sin? (2024-03-05)
... that the headstone of George Bax Holmes, who is buried at Horsham Friends Meeting House (pictured), is now a paving slab? (2024-03-10)
... that Family 1, a closely related group of Greek New Testament manuscripts, place the passage of the woman caught in adultery at the end of the Gospel of John as a separate story? (2024-03-14)
... that Lewes Friends Meeting House, built in 1784, replaced an earlier building whose proximity to a slaughterhouse made it "unfit to sit in"? (2024-03-18)
... that the crucifix on the cover of the Horne Book (pictured) is made of walrus ivory? (2024-03-30)
... that although some of the players on Liberty Christian Preparatory School's eight-man football team had never played tackle football before, the team won the state championship in its first season? (2024-04-05)
... that in the first Romanian universal chronicle, Mihail Moxa shows "the God of the Old and New Testaments baptizing His stars with the names of Olympian deities"? (2024-04-07)
... that Centre College co-president Robert L. McLeod served for fifteen months on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier while Robert J. McMullen, the other co-president, ran the school's day-to-day operations? (2024-04-07)
... that in the 3:16 game, Tim Tebow threw for 316 yards with 31.6 yards per completion, the ratings for the game were 31.6, and the opposing team's time of possession was 31 minutes 6 seconds? (2024-04-08)
... that within the Armenian Rite, it takes 40 days and more than 40 flowers, herbs, and spices to create the chrism known as myron? (2024-04-10)
... that the Federal Aviation Administration uses the brightly lit Oakland California Temple (pictured) as a navigation beacon, despite complaints about light pollution? (2024-04-10)
... that Jacques Loew started the worker-priest movement after working as a longshoreman and realizing the distance between the priesthood and the working class? (2024-04-11)
... that Syncletica of Alexandria, a 4th-century saint and Desert Mother, was called "an upper-class girl who does not care about her body"? (2024-04-14)
... that All Nations Baptist Church in New York City is primarily associated with ethnic Koreans of the former Soviet Union? (2024-04-28)
... that zombie-like obedience has been attributed to Jesuits, the military, and followers of totalitarian regimes? (2024-04-28)
... that Saint Tarbula of Persia was martyred by being cut in half by a saw after being accused of witchcraft? (2024-04-28)
... that Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, who both edited and contributed to The Oxford History of Christian Worship, also served as a dog show judge? (2024-05-02)
... that the oldest complete versions of the Book of Jonah and 1 Peter are from a 3rd-century codex discovered in Egypt in 1952? (2024-05-12)
... that Lewis W. Green was one of the two members of the first graduating class of Centre College and later became its president? (2024-05-14)
... that a 2021 Dutch translation of the Bible introduces five new animals? (2024-05-17)
... that an 18th-century hymn inspired the title of George W. Bush's 1999 autobiography? (2024-05-29)
... that after John Henry Newman wrote his Apologia Pro Vita Sua in response to an attack by Charles Kingsley, Kingsley compared Newman to a "treacherous ape" and implied that he was insane? (2024-06-01)
... that the 18th-century hymn "Alas! and Did My Saviour Bleed" has been criticised because its lyrics have singers call themselves a "worm"? (2024-06-03)