Early Christians started marking bread with a cross to show their devotion, and ate it throughout the year. They believed the ...

Pagan Saxons worshipped a spring goddess named Eostre. They baked bread during springtime festivals to celebrate new life and longer days. The name “Eostre” is where we get the English word “Easter”.

It was a symbol of faith ... blended with Christian customs. From Pagan loaves to Christian buns Early Christians started marking bread with a cross to show their devotion, and ate it throughout ...

The Isle of Man is home to over one hundred Viking Age carved crosses, showing creatures, people, symbols ... cross, by a fish and a defeated serpent. This stone is not only a 'page-turn' from ...

Patrick combined the Christian cross with the pagan sun to give the newly converted ... and the Celtic Cross became not only a religious symbol but an emblem of Celtic identity.