Kist or Cist and Kistivan
AĀ kistvaenĀ orĀ cistvaenĀ is aĀ tombĀ orĀ burial chamberĀ formed from flat stone slabs in a box-like shape. If set completely underground, it may be covered by aĀ tumulus.Ā The word is derived from theĀ WelshĀ cistĀ (chest) andĀ maenĀ (stone). The term originated in relation toĀ CelticĀ structures,
Lazarus of Bethany aka Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead
Lazarus of BethanyĀ (Latinised fromĀ Lazar, ultimately fromĀ HebrewĀ Eleazar, “God helped”), also venerated asĀ Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days DeadĀ in theĀ Eastern Orthodox Church,Ā is the subject of aĀ signĀ ofĀ JesusĀ in theĀ Gospel of John, in which Jesus restores him to life four
The crew of the Dutch ship Gelderland used the names “griff-eendt” and “kermisgans” for theĀ dodoĀ in 1598, in reference toĀ fowlĀ fattened for the Kermesse festival
The dodo (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct flightless bird that was endemic to the island of Mauritius. Kermesse, or kermis, or kirmess, is a Dutch language term derived from ‘kerk’ (church) and ‘mis’ (mass) that became borrowed in English,&
The extermination of the incurably ill and the mentally defective prompted the most effective episcopal protest against the actions of the Nazi regime
It was, in fact, the extermination of the incurably ill and the mentally defective that prompted the most effective episcopal protest against the actions of the Nazi regime. In a sermon at the St. Lamberti Church at Munster, Cardinal Galen publicly revealed the facts of the top-secret euthanasia pro