Calendar of Saints

Saint Cecilia is one of the most popular Roman saints. She is known as the patron saint of music, especially church music, and musicians, poets, composers and instrument makers because she heard heavenly music in her heart when she was married. Her feast day is on November 22. The name also means “blind”, so people sometimes associate her with the blind. Saint Cecilia was born in Rome, Italy sometime in the second century and died sometime in the third century. Her death also took…

The purpose of a calendar is to keep track of things such as the past or future time, days until a certain event happens which could be holidays or someone’s birthday, or time since an event has happened. There are many different variations of the calendar, including Egyptian, Roman, Gregorian, Lunar, etc. The creation of the calendar was influenced by the geographical location as well as the seasons, although, in warmer countries where seasons cannot be differentiated, the moon would keep the…

If a sense of dread overcomes an individual upon reading Friday the 13th on a calendar, they may be suffering from “Friggatriskaidekaphobia.” This lengthy word describes a very real and potent fear of Friday the 13th. For thousands of years, the number 13 has been has been shrouded in a cloak of superstition. However, one group of men tried to debunk the superstitions surrounding this number. Captain William Fowler, formed The Thirteen Club which was founded with the sole intent of purging the…

on February 8th, 1725 in Saint Petersburg, Russia after ending up with a fever due to attempting to rescue drowning soldiers in freezing water. Peter is famously known for positively modernizing Russia and Russian life in various ways. Peter essentially transformed Russia from "nonexistence" to "being". As a leader, some of Peter's accomplishments included modernizing the Russian army to Western standards, modernizing the Russian alphabet, introducing the Julian calendar, creating a Russian…

St. Edward the Martyr St. Edward the Martyr’s feast day is on March 18th. He is the patron saint of England and glandular disease. St. Edward was the oldest son of King Edgar and Ethelfleda. His mother was the first wife of his father. She died after her son’s birth in 963 or 964. During the birth of St. Edward it was said his father had a dream. King Edgar’s mother told the story of the dream as said “After your death the church of God will be attacked. You will have two sons. The supporters…

fasting with the celebration of Eid- ul-fitr (EID). The Eid al-Fitr (the Feast of Fast-Breaking) is also known as the Eid as-Saghir (the Lesser Eid), and comes first in the Islamic calendar. Eid falls on the first three days after Ramadan (Noakes, Greg). Eid-ul-fitr “One of the most important holidays of the Muslim calendar lasts for three days. It is a festival of victory and faith, time for relaxation, of hope renewed, of strengthened resolution to do what is right, and of good will toward…

a. Gender socialization/pg. 74: learning society’s “gender map,” the paths in life set out for us because we are male or female. The path laid out for both the male and female gender in China is very obvious. Males in China are much more wanted in the country than females are. Many males in China’s culture are raised as single children and are very spoiled and get almost anything they want. The males are treated this way because they are then expected to stay with the family to take care of…

Throughout time there have been many instances where a strong orator voices their opinion with power persuasive elements and lead to a drastic change, much like the case of Mark Antony in Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare. Before Antony gives his famous eulogy of his dead friend and future leader of Rome, Julius Caesar, Marcus Brutus gives his outlook on the situation first in front of a crowd of Romans. Brutus is also a close friend of Caesar but he believes that Caesar needed to die…

Empire in the Valley of Mexico (1318 C.E. – 1524 C.E), however, thirteen was a sacred number that reflected the beliefs of the Aztec people; not only was it symbolic for the empire’s celestial heavens, but it also played a key role in the Aztec ritual calendar and throughout the empire’s history. The Aztec Thirteen The Aztecs had many numbers they believed to be lucky—3, 7 and 10, to name a few—but none was so important as the number…

Despite Android’s complex and successful system, it has had several flaws in development that need to be addressed. Intrusion detection has been a major factor of consideration as Security evolves to meet a popular demand in privacy. With the popularity of the Android operating system during its early years, an analysis of the system raise Security concerns within the public. With the new mobile markets flooding the industry with popularity, hackers invested in new penetration methods for…