Most religions conceive human beings as consisting of three parts: the physical body, the soul, and the spirit.

Hinduism calls the spirit, "Brahman," "Atman" or the absolute (metaphysical) self and the soul "jiva," or the miniature self. Buddhism calls the spirit the true heart, or Buddha-heart, and the soul the earthly heart, or the illusory heart. Taoism calls the spirit god's heart (which is absolute), and the soul the [...]

Along with materialism, differences in religions have brought conflicts to people resulting in many wars all over the world. CaoDai, a new faith founded in Vietnam in 1926 by the Supreme Being via spiritism, with the principle that all religions are of one same origin (which is God, although called by various names or no name), having the same teachings based on Love and Justice, and are just diverse manifestations [...]

Before the creation of the heavens and the universe, the cosmic ether was still, quiet, and void; and at the same time a kind of primordial chaos, indistinct and shadowy with mixtures of density (which we call "the Tao" or pre-creation ether).

In this cosmic ether appeared a great source of Divine Light called "Thai Cuc" (Monad) or the Supreme Being. The Monad then divided itself into Yin and [...]

In order to relieve humankind’s religious crisis, in 1926, via spiritism, the Supreme Being founded an innovative faith called CaoDai in Vietnam, with the principle that all religions are one, have the same origin and principle, and are just different manifestations of the same truth.

Because of human conflict, God has come to offer a way to bring people and religions together in harmony. CaoDai the Supreme Being said: [...]

On the 15th of August every year, or on the Sunday closest to this date, the Armenian Church world-wide celebrates the Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Mother of God. It is called Verapokhoum, denoting that Jesus came down to earth and ascended again to heaven with his mother, or else Nentchoum, to highlight the belief that St Mary was not dead, but only in an eternal slumber, until [...]

The Armenian Church spans a historical period of over 1700 years, from the year 301 AD when St Gregory the Enlightener witnessed Armenia become the first nation-state to adopt Christianity as state religion, to the 1600th anniversary of St Mesrop Mashtots who created our Armenian 36-letter alphabet in 406 AD, to the Golden Age for Armenia, and finally to our present times in the third millennium.

The Mother See of [...]

The Armenian Orthodox Apostolic Church has four feast days dedicated to the Holy Cross:Apparition of the Holy Cross, Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Discovery of the Holy Cross and Holy Cross of Varag. Of these the fourth is unique to the Armenian Church. It recounts the story of an Armenian priest in the seventh century, when Armenia was occupied by the Arabs, seeing a vision of the cross on Mount [...]

The Only-begotten Son has descended [ Edj ( to descend) -miadsin ( Only begotten son) ]And the light of glory was about him. Voices resounded in the depths of Hades,The patriarch Gregory saw the great light;And joyfully declared the same to the believing king.Come, let us build the holy sanctuary of the light, for in him did light shone forth unto usin the land [...]

I have been on stage for most of my life, most of the time leading worship at my church along with some very talented Rock/Blues/Jazz musicians and singers. I have been married to a wonderful man for 19 years and he serves along with me in the sound ministry.

The greatest challenge in leading worship in a “band-setting” is drawing a line between being on stage and performing, knowing [...]

It seems that almost every day there is an article in a newspaper or a programme on TV attacking religion and, by extension, mocking people of faith in general. But for me, my Judaism is so much more than believing in God equals 'loony' equation. I do believe in God as it happens, but that is not what defines me as being a part of a Jewish Community.

Being [...]