Our god is the pre-Christian and pre-Muslim god, Tura." While the men are carving up the bull, the women make a dozen bonfires to cook a sacrificial porridge called "uchuk pata".

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The oldest known synagogue outside Israel was located on the Greek island of Delos—known as the island of the god Apollo in the Cyclades—and attests to the presence of a Jewish community. Roman-Jewish ...

The intersection of Saint Patrick and paganism in Ireland Who was the Irish god Crom Cruach, what was the Killycluggin stone, and what did St. Patrick have to do with it all?

An ancient pagan worship place, allegedly sealed by ancestors of Jesus Christ has been discovered in the heart of Jerusalem after remaining preserved for nearly 3,000 years, according to a report ...

At the heart of Pernik’s pre-Christian festival are ‘ kukeri ’, elaborately costumed dancers dressed in menacing hand-carved, animalistic masks, fur suits and belts tied with bells.

The Church of England reckons that 35 to 50 million people visit churches each year as tourists; on average, a parish church might expect between 700 and 4,000. But it should be more. Because nothing ...