Next weekend, Albany is going Greek for the 53rd annual St. Sophia Greek Festival! The festival brings Greek culture, history ...

The Spanish word for Easter is Pascua. In Italian, it’s Pasqua. French speakers have Pâques. All of these words derive from ...

Who is Dionysus, reputed inspiration of ceremony feast scene ... Rather, the performance is a nod to a pagan celebration featuring Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility, wine and revelry.

From the Greek world through the Renaissance ... named after the goddess Eostre. He wrote that a pagan festival of spring in the name of the goddess had become assimilated into the Christian ...

Paganism is our designation ... The very term liturgy comes from a Greek word that designates the duties, the obligations of the civic magistrates in observing the festival days of the city.