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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Saints People' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Your Saints People Guide is Michael Russell. Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Saints People 1. Christmas - By: Michael Russell In a safely determined pre-Christmas shopping/errand jauntwhich we intentionally chose far in advance, to avoid the manic and the panic of people pushing and knocking us over with handbags and Christmas wrap tubesmy friend and I drove from destination to destination with pending anxiety. We were su... Featured ArticleAdmont Abbey Admont Abbey (Stift Admont) is a foundation of the Benedictines in the town of Admont in Austria and is the oldest remaining monastery in Styria. It contains the largest monastic library in the world and a long-established scientific collection, and is known for its Baroque architecture and collections of art and manuscripts.The abbey's location on the borders of the Gesäuse National Park is of unusual scenic beauty.HistoryAdmont was founded in ...
Read full story 2. Halloween Origins - By: Michael Russell We celebrate Halloween every year, but what exactly are we celebrating? Where did this unique holiday come from? Many people seem to think it's a night that has to do with demons and the devil, but they are wrong. Halloween actually gets its origins from the Celts, who lived ... 3. $20.00 Saint Gaudens Coins A Great Gold Investment - By: Michael Russell The $20.00 Saint Gaudens gold piece is an absolutely beautiful coin that deserves the consideration of hobbyists around the globe. This coin, being a collectors' coin and not a bullion piece could be worth two to three times the actual ounce price of gold! These coins were minted from 1907 through... 4. Christmas Traditions In Germany - By: Jared Winston Countries all across the world celebrate the winter solstice holiday season in their own unique ways. Some such as Christmas and Hanukah are religious celebrations, while others are non-religious celebrations of nature, people and the coming spring solstice. The reasoning behind the various holiday ... 5. New Holidays On Our Calendars - By: Michael Russell There are a variety of important days that we mark on our calendars. And they can be classed in two categories: one in which we write down those events that happen only once, like a graduation from university. These obviously don’t show up again on next year’s calendar. And two, where we find those ... 6. Pot-luck Halloween Party For Everyone - By: Mpam Id #1970642 Children favorite holidays are Saint Nicholas (in Belgium) or Christmas, because of the gifts; Carnival (in Europe) because of the costumes, parties and parades; and Halloween. Why do they love Halloween? Adults assume that children love Halloween because children generally love candy.... 7. Halloween: An Ancient Celebration - By: Michael Russell One night, in neighborhoods across America, you will find monsters, ghosts, witches and other characters haunting houses up and down the street. October 31, Halloween, is one of the more popular holidays for children. What child wouldn't want to dress up as a monster or fairy and score a... 8. Genealogy - One's Family History - By: Michael Russell Genealogy is the study of who is in a family and whom they are related to. The more general study of family history will also try to determine important information about their lives and deaths such as dates of birth and death and employment records. Genealogy has existed since ancient times. Geneal... 9. A Look At The Saint Bernard - By: Michael Russell More than one traveler stranded in the snowy Swiss Alps owes the ponderous Saint Bernard his life. Monks in the Alps actually developed this massive dog to be used as a rescue dog. The Saint Bernard breed is quite an old one, going back as far as the 1700s. The American Kennel Club place... 10. German-jesuit Plot For Europe Against U.s. - By: David Ben-ariel For over 50 years, Herbert W. Armstrong warned that a European combine - driven by Germany - would again thresh the nations. Now GERMANY'S BACK WITH A VENGEANCE! Their Assyrian power and influence grows daily while the Israelite American and British peoples continue their nosedive to oblivion. This ... Please feel free to submit your quality, informative article for our readers. |