The ruins of the oldest and most important Cistercian monastery of medieval Sweden preserve a part of local history from...
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Vesta was an ancient Roman goddess of the domestic and civic hearth whose annual festival, the Vestalia, was celebrated in...
Nikko is one of the most popular day trips from Tokyo, and for more than a good reason: it’s got...
We are in Istanbul, Turkey, a city that has no shortage of houses of worship, and the Bulgarian Church of...
It would take a miracle to save what should have been the little Lourdes of the Lombard Prealps. In Merate,...
Located on top of a small mound, on a sliver of land stretching into the serene Yamdrok Lake is Rituo...
On the Roman religious calendar, the month of April (Aprilis) was in general dedicated to deities who were female or...
Easter is the most important feast day in the Christian calendar. Regularly observed from the earliest days of the Church,...
On March 17 the Romans celebrated Liberalia with sacrifices, processions, ribald and gauche songs, and masks which were hung on...
In ancient Roman religion, the Mamuralia or Sacrum Mamurio ("Rite for Mamurius") was a festival held on this day, March...
In ancient Roman religion, the Salii were the "leaping priests" (from the verb saliō "leap, jump") of Mars supposed to...
March 5 was the date of an annual, ancient Roman, nautical religious festival called Navigium Isidis, literally “Vessel of Isis”,...
Of Norse origin, Ceadda was a deity connected to sacred, healing and underground waters and therefore also to springs and...
During the Middle Ages, many monks manually copied ancient books so they could be passed on to future generations. Over...
According to a Russian legend, hidden beneath the waters of Lake Svetloyar, in the Nizhny Novgorod Region north-east of Moscow,...
The Caristia, also called Cara Cognatio, was one of several days in February that Ancient Romans honored family or ancestors....
Lupercalia was one of the most ancient of the Roman holidays, one of the feriae listed on ancient calendars from...
The "Sin-Eater" is a profession that survived until the last century: in short, grieving family members of a recently deceased...
February 3th is the day dedicated to the holy protector of the throath, Saint Biagio (known in English as Saint...
The island that Saint Aidan (born around 590 and died in 651), an Irish monk that restored Christianity to Northumberland,...
Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed...
Imbolc is a holiday with a variety of names, depending on which culture and location you’re looking at. For istance,...
The ancient Romans had a festival for nearly everything and, if you were a god, you got your own holiday....
According to traditions, Saint Anthony the Abbot, celebrated on this day, is Patron Saint of Amputees, animals, basket makers, brush...
The name "Carmentalia" indicates the festivals in honor of Carmenta and her nymphs, the Camene, called Antevorta and Postvorta, in...
January 12th marks the feast day of Saint Benedict Biscop (born about 628, Northumbria, died on Jan 12th 689/690). He...
We are in Ireland. The remote valley of Gleann Cholm Cille, in western Donegal, was already a holy site when...
Despite the Camposanto, a monumental cemetery, is just right next to one of the most recognized buildings in the world,...
In some areas of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Berchtold Day, or locally Berchtoldstag, is celebrated on this day, January 2. The...
Corenno Plinio is a small and charming medieval settlement just few minutes far from Dervio, on the eastern branch of...
