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A sacred light in the darkness: Winter solstice illuminations at Spanish missions
By Ruben G. Mendoza — December 13, 2018
(The Conversation) — California's colonial Spanish missions were sited to produce illuminations on solstices or equinoxes, demonstrating the power of our instincts to guide us through the darkness toward the light.
Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday
By Brent Landau — April 13, 2017
The naming of the celebration as “Easter” seems to go back to the name of a pre-Christian goddess in England, Eostre, who was celebrated at beginning of spring.
At Naw-Ruz, Iranian-Americans see hope for U.S.-Iranian thaw
By Omar Sacirbey — March 19, 2014
(RNS) This year, Naw-Ruz holds special meaning for Iranian-Americans, who in recent months have witnessed a historic, if slow, thaw in relations between their native and adopted countries.
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