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Feeding of the Five Thousand
[Bible]The Feeding of the Five Thousand is the event in which Jesus Christ fed a crowd of about five thousand men, not counting women and children, with five loaves of bread and two fish. It is recorded in all four Gospels.
Gospel of Thomas
[History]The Gospel of Thomas is an ancient document containing a collection of 114 sayings of Jesus. Its complete text in Coptic was discovered in 1945 at Nag Hammadi, Egypt. It is not included in the biblical canon.
Areopagus
[Bible]The Areopagus is a rocky hill in Athens, Greece, and also the name of the council that took its name from the hill. In Acts 17 it is the place where Paul addressed the philosophers of Athens.
Dionysius the Areopagite
[People]Dionysius was a man of Athens mentioned in Acts 17:34, a member of the Areopagus who believed after hearing Paul's sermon at the Areopagus.
Paschal Candle
[Worship & Rites]The Paschal candle is a large candle lit at Easter whose light represents Christ, risen in victory over death. It is used chiefly in churches of liturgical traditions, such as the Catholic and Anglican churches, and some Protestant churches also use it.
Holy Saturday
[Feasts & Seasons]Holy Saturday is the Saturday of Holy Week, the day between Good Friday and Easter on which the church remembers that Jesus Christ lay in the tomb.
Heavenly Send-off Service
[Christian Life]A heavenly send-off service is a name for a Christian funeral service that expresses the idea of sending a departed believer on to heaven. It usually refers to the service held as the coffin departs for burial.