26 The apostles and their collaborators offer Baptism to anyone who believed in Jesus: Jews, the God-fearing, pagans. 27 Always, Baptism is seen as connected with faith: "Believe in the Lord Jesus ...

As a pagan he would never have been called this, but since the baptism both of the leaders were playing the ‘great game’ under the same rules, so such an expression became acceptable. Mieszko’s ...

Ivan Kupala is a pagan ritual celebrated in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus which originally marked the summer solstice But as Christianity came to the region it assimilated the celebrations and moved ...