But the second was the feast of St. Sebastian, and this Diocletian martyr gives me a glimmer of hope for the future. Like that of early church martyrs, the veneration of Sebastian spread further ...

The first martyr died on the feast of the Exultation of the Holy Cross (Sept. 14) in 1597. The third and fourth died on a Franciscan feast day — the feast of St. Francis of Assisi receiving the ...

According to legend, St. Sebastian was born at Narbonne, in Gaul. He became a soldier in Rome and encouraged Marcellian and Marcus, who were sentence of death, to remain firm in their faith. St.

Every third weekend in January, the streets of Old San Juan are filled with music, color and tradition in honor of San Sebastian, a martyr of Christianity ... pastor of St. Joseph Church in ...

The St. Sebastian’s College, Moratuwa Cadet Platoon marked its 40th anniversary with grandeur and pride on Friday, celebrating four decades of discipline, dedication, and remarkable ...

The image of St. Agnes, a child clutching her lamb and the palm of martyrdom, adorned the parish of my childhood. It was there I learned, and lost, the faith, and one of my telling memories of the ...

The annual feast of St. Sebastian’s Church – Rukmalgama, a substation of Pannipitiya Parish, is scheduled to be celebrated on Sunday, 26th January 2025. Vespers Service will be on Saturday ...

held in honor of the festivities for Saint Sebastian Martyr, have gathered more runners than those who participate in some of the bull runs in August, known as the 'Pamplona chica.' Camera ...

Artemisia Gentileschi painted Mary Magdalene in a sudden swoon — a tradition of matching physical beauty to spiritual elevation.

refuses it, whereupon Francis—the anti-alchemist, King Midas in reverse, turning gold back to base metal—casts the money scornfully aside, “valuing it,” as Saint Bonaventure wrote in his ...