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Friday, March 30, 2018

St John Clemacus | ICN

St John Clemacus | ICN: Monk and Abbot of Mt Sinai. A seventh century Palestinian, St John was married as a young man. When his wife died he became a monk. He lived in a c...

Good Friday: The Start of a New Beginning - Crisis Magazine

Good Friday: The Start of a New Beginning - Crisis Magazine: To the sophisticated Romans of the ancient world crucifixions were a hum-drum affair. They were as routine as writing a traffic ticket. For instance, in 71 B.C. seven thousand slaves led by Spartacus revolted. After they were captured, each one was crucified. Suetonius tells us that the line of the crucifixions extended for 240 miles, …