The equilateral cross with legs bent at right angles – that looks like swirling arms or a pattern of L shapes – has been a holy symbol in ... The ancient origins of the new nomads ...

In Holy Week, the days just before Easter, one can catch Catholics in some ancient religious practices ... glass windows and the Stations of the Cross. In some places, the images are removed ...

The origins of the sign are unknown; as Andreopoulos points out: “our information is sparse because this ancient ... cross was made with one finger—probably the thumb—on the forehead in the ...

Written in the Coptic language, the ancient text tells of Pontius Pilate ... to betray Jesus — because Jesus had the ability to change shape, according to the text — and it puts the day ...

venerate an icon or participate in the Holy Liturgy. In everything we do we take the Cross with us for protection and salvation. Paradoxically the Cross, an ancient instrument of torture and death, ...

Jerusalem (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Getting a tattoo during the pilgrimage to the Holy Land goes back centuries ... Christians were tattooed with a cross on their inner right wrist so that ...

Jubilee of Hope pilgrims are undertaking two ancient church pilgrimages this ... Credit: Jacob Derry Also on the route are the Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, the Basilica of St. Lawrence ...

The equilateral cross with legs bent at right angles – that looks like swirling arms or a pattern of L shapes – has been a holy symbol in ... symbol of wellbeing in ancient societies," says ...