April 2, 33 CE — Jesus prays in the Garden of Gethsemane
Known to Christians as the “Agony in the Garden”, Christ’s prayers in the Garden of Gethsemane on the Mount of...
July 31, 2022
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April 3, 33 CE — Jesus dies upon the Cross
After his betrayal, trials, scourging, being forced to wear a crown of thorns and carry his cross through the city...
July 29, 2022
October 27, 312 CE — Constantine I sees a vision of a fiery cross
On the eve of what history would record as the Battle of Milvian Bridge, the Emperor Constantine had a vision....
June 7, 2022
October 13, 787 — The Second Council of Nicea concludes
The Second Council of Nicea was held 442 years after the first one, and was the last of the first...
May 17, 2022
June 8, 793 — Vikings raid Lindisfarne Abbey
The Abbey at Lindisfarne Island in Northumbria was founded in 635 CE by St Aidan. In the years that followed,...
May 14, 2022
November 27, 1095 — Pope Urban II calls for the First Crusade
Urban II had been Pope for seven years in 1095. But the events he is best remembered for had their...
April 27, 2022
January 13, 1129 — The Knights Templar are officially recognised by the Catholic Church
The actual beginnings of the Knights Templar (or to give their full title, “the Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of...
April 25, 2022
1172 — St Christina the Astonishing experiences her first visions
Christina was still young, in just her early twenties, when she experienced her first vision – accompanied by a massive...
April 19, 2022
October 1, 1189 — Templar Grand Master Gerard de Ridefort dies in battle at Acre
The Siege of Acre was the first major military encounter of the Third Crusade. It began on August 28, 1189...
April 14, 2022
April 12, 1205 — Constantinople sacked by warriors from the Fourth Crusade
The original intention of the Fourth Crusade was to reconquer Jerusalem, lost by the crusaders to Saladin’s forces in 1187....
April 5, 2022
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