As pagans barricade the ancient temple, defending it with stones and clubs, tensions rise. The conflict began when Bishop Theophilus exposed a secret pagan temple, inciting fury among the pagans who ...

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Some scholars trace Valentine's Day back to ancient Greece and the mythical green meadows of Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

Sebastian lived under the Roman emperor Diocletian ... ultimately coming back to preach against Diocletian in a pagan temple. Angered, Diocletian ordered Sebastian to be clubbed to death.

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Valentine's Day celebrates love and friendship, evolving from ancient customs to a commercialized holiday with rituals like ...

Caesarea had a more pagan population than Jerusalem ... Most salient to Jews is the Roman destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. Schiffman said the Jewish religious practice was generally ...

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Eventually, these pagan traditions merged with Christianity ... of the Virgin Mary and the presentation of Christ in the Temple. Candles were traditionally blessed at this festival.