The Advent wreath is made of four candles and a circle of branches. Before the first candle is lighted, the household gathers for this blessing. In the short days and long nights of Advent ...

The name Advent (From the Latin word Adventus, which signifies a coming) is applied, in the Latin Church, to that period of the year, during which the Church requires the faithful to prepare for ...

With the advent of commercial crops, this system has disappeared, replaced by monoculture. Now, we are forced to buy pulses for household use from the market. Consuming chemically grown pulses is ...