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8 hours ago · The only two extant church cantatas Bach composed for Annunciation are also Palm Sunday cantatas. He composed one for this combined occasion in Weimar ( BWV 182 ). In Leipzig Annunciation was the only occasion for which concerted music could be performed during Lent, apart from the Passion performed on Good Friday.
1 day ago · This article gives a chronological list of years in literature (descending order), with notable publications listed with their respective years and a small selection of notable events. The time covered in individual years covers Renaissance , Baroque and Modern literature, while Medieval literature is resolved by century.
8 hours ago · While the word religion is difficult to define, one standard model of religion used in religious studies courses defines it as [a] system of symbols which acts to establish powerful, pervasive, and long-lasting moods and motivations in men by formulating conceptions of a general order of existence and clothing these conceptions with such an aura of factuality that the moods and motivations ...
1 day ago · Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, 88, Egyptian Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (since 1971), prostate cancer. Ron Stewart, 79, Canadian ice hockey player. Ngaire Thomas, 69, New Zealand author. Margaret Whitlam, 92, Australian swimmer and activist, wife of Gough Whitlam, complications from a fall.
8 hours ago · Religious persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or a group of individuals as a response to their religious beliefs or affiliations or their lack thereof. The tendency of societies or groups within societies to alienate or repress different subcultures is a recurrent theme in human history .
