Religion
On January 1 Bulgarians Celebrate Saint Basil's Day
On January 1, Bulgaria's Orthodox Church celebrates the Circumcision of the Lord. Circumcision is an Old Testament sacrament that began at the beginning of the second millennium before Christ. It was introduced by the forefather Abraham as a sign of the covenant between God and God's chosen people, but it also appears as a type of Holy Baptism.
No one knows how the world’s most remote church was built atop this 130-foot stone pillar
The mysterious structure is viewed in local legend as a “pillar of life” and a “symbol of the true cross”
Journalism Award stripped from Palestinian journalist over antisemitic Facebook posts
“Me and Hitler are friends. We share the same ideology, especially regarding the extermination of the Jews,” Hammad wrote in a post from 2014
Salman Rushdie lives, but loses use of eye and hand
Salman Rushdie's agent says the author has lost sight in one eye and the use of a hand as he recovers from an attack from a man who rushed the stage at an August literary event in western New York, according to a published report.
Real Santa Claus’s (St. Nicholas) burial place possibly found!
Saint Nicholas served as Bishop of Myra until his death and burial there in A.D. 343
Five centuries old Swiss graffiti found in Jerusalem
Graffiti with the name of a 15th-century Swiss knight has been discovered in Jerusalem, carved into the walls of a building where pilgrims stayed, the Israel Antiquities Authority said on Oct. 20.
The knight Adrian von Bubenberg is believed to have visited the holy city in 1466, when researchers say he may have marked his name alongside his family emblem on a stone ceiling.
Former Turkish footballer arrested over FETÖ links
Former footballer Zafer Biryol, who was wanted for "being a member of an armed terrorist organization," has been caught in an operation against FETÖ's "football structure" in Istanbul's Büyükçekmece district.
He was found to attend the FETÖ's meetings, visit Fethullah Gülen, the ringleader of the organization, in 2006 and have an account in Bank Asya, a FETÖ-linked bank.
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Nearly 550 FETÖ suspects detained across country: Minister
A total of 543 people with ties to FETÖ have been detained in operations in 59 provinces across the country, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu has announced.
In the investigation launched by the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office, the suspects were found to be providing financial assistance to FETÖ/PDY members and their families.
Call to prayer recited for first time in Cologne
The first "adhan," the Islamic call to prayer, was recited in a Turkish mosque on Oct. 14, following Germany's Cologne Municipality's decision to allow the recitation of a call to prayer on Fridays from mosque loudspeakers.
The recital of the adhan from loudspeakers is now allowed in Düren and Raunheim provinces, while the practice took place for the first time in Cologne.
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Seven FETÖ convicts nabbed in attempt to flee Greece
Security forces have detained seven people convicted over their links to FETÖ while trying to flee to Greece with a speedboat from the western province of İzmir, Demirören News Agency has reported.
Along with the FETÖ suspects, four organizers were also caught, the agency said on Sept. 18.