Pack your hearts and harps, time travellers, because it’s time to celebrate St Dwynwen’s Day, the Welsh equivalent of Valentine’s Day. Marked on January 25, this romantic occasion pays tribute to St Dwynwen, the patron saint of lovers, whose bittersweet…
From a celestial guessing game to a December blockbuster, here’s how the Church nailed down the date of Christ’s birth. Step into the year 440 CE, where the Roman Empire is a shadow of its former self, but the Christian…
If you’ve ever popped open an Advent calendar to find a sub-par chocolate or marvelled at the oddity of tiny beauty products stuffed behind numbered doors, you’re already familiar with the concept of Advent. But did you know that this…
