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TheChurch of the Holy Sepulchre in theChristian Quarter of theOld City of Jerusalem, aholy place of Christianity

Christianity is anAbrahamic monotheistic religion, which states thatJesus is theSon of God androse from the dead afterhis crucifixion, whose coming as themessiah (Christ) wasprophesied in theOld Testament and chronicled in theNew Testament. It is theworld's largest and most widespread religion with over 2.3 billion followers, comprising around 28.8% of theworld population. Its adherents, known asChristians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in120 countries and territories.

Christianity remainsculturally diverse in itsWestern andEastern branches, and doctrinally diverse concerningjustification and the nature of salvation,ecclesiology,ordination, andChristology. MostChristian denominations, however, generally hold in common the belief that Jesus isGod the Son—theLogos incarnated—whoministered,suffered, and died on a cross, but rose from the dead for thesalvation of humankind; this message is calledthe gospel, meaning the "good news". The fourcanonical gospels ofMatthew,Mark,Luke andJohn describe Jesus' life and teachings as preserved in the early Christian tradition, with the Old Testament as the gospels' respected background.

The three mainbranches of Christianity areCatholicism (1.3 billion people),Protestantism (800 million), andEastern Orthodoxy (300 million), while other prominent branches includeOriental Orthodoxy (60 million) andRestorationism (35 million). Smaller church communities number in the thousands. In Christianity, efforts toward unity (ecumenism) are underway. In theWest, Christianity remains the dominant religion even with adecline in adherence, with about 70% of that population identifying as Christian.Christianity is growing in Africa and Asia, the world's most populous continents. Many Christians are stillpersecuted in some regions of the world, particularly where they are a minority, such as in theMiddle East,North Africa,East Asia, andSouth Asia. (Full article...)

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Open-air fire, built with conically arranged long pieces of wood, blazes in the night. Orthodox priest places a long oak sapling with brown leaves on the fire. The priest and the fire are surrounded by a ring of people watching them. In the background, walls of a great church are visible. — ASerbian Orthodox priest places thebadnjak on a fire during aChristmas Eve celebration at theTemple of Saint Sava inBelgrade

Thebadnjak (Serbian Cyrillic:бадњак,pronounced[bǎdɲaːk]), also calledveseljak (весељак,pronounced[ʋɛˈsɛ̌ʎaːk], literally "the one who brings joy" inSerbian), is a tree branch or entire tree that is central toSerbian Christmas celebrations. It is placed on a fire onChristmas Eve and its branches are later brought home by worshipers. The tree from which thebadnjak is cut, preferably a young, straight and undamagedoak, is ceremonially felled early on the morning of Christmas Eve. The felling, preparation, bringing in, and laying on the fire, are surrounded by elaborate rituals, with many regional variations. The burning of the log is accompanied by prayers that the coming year brings food, happiness, love, luck, and riches. The log burns on throughoutChristmas Day, when the first visitor strikes it with a poker or a branch to make sparks fly, while wishing that the family's happiness and prosperity be as abundant as the sparks. As mostSerbs today live in towns and cities, thebadnjak is often symbolically represented by a cluster of oak twigs with brown leaves attached, with which the home is decorated on Christmas Eve.

Since the early 20th century, the Serbianbadnjak tradition has also been celebrated more publicly. BeforeWorld War I, soldiers of theKingdom of Serbia developed the custom of laying abadnjak on a fire in theirbarracks. In the succeedingKingdom of Yugoslavia, the militarybadnjak ceremony was further elaborated and standardized in army service regulations, but the tradition ended at the outbreak ofWorld War II. Since the early 1990s, theSerbian Orthodox Church has, together with local communities, organized public celebrations on Christmas Eve in which thebadnjak plays a central role. Parishioners festively cut the sapling to be used as thebadnjak and take it to their church, where it is consecrated by a priest before being ceremonially placed on afire pit in the churchyard. (Full article...)

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Image 1A 'Jesus Saves'neon cross sign outside of a Protestant church inNew York City (fromSalvation in Christianity)
Image 2Depictions of the Resurrection of Jesus arecentral to Christian art (Resurrection of Christ byRaphael, 1499–1502). (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 3TheChurch of the Holy Sepulchre is aholy site inJerusalem believed by mostChristians to encompass thetomb of Jesus and the site of his crucifixion and resurrection. (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 4Jesushealing the paralytic inThe Pool byPalma il Giovane, 1592 (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 5Renaissance painting byJerónimo Cosida depicting Jesus as atriple deity Inner text: The Father is God; the Son is God; the Holy Spirit is God (fromTrinity)
Image 6The Trinity by Russian icon painterAndrei Rublev, early 15th century. (fromTrinity)
Image 713th-century depiction of the Trinity from aRoman de la Rose manuscript (fromTrinity)
Image 8An anonymous 18th century Catholic painting from the PeruvianCuzco School. This work depicts the Holy Triune God; one in essence, with three persons. (fromTrinity)
Image 9Representation of the Trinity in the form of themercy seat (epitaph from 1549) (fromTrinity)
Image 10First page ofMark, bySargis Pitsak (14th century): "The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God". (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 11The Holy Trinity on the stained glass windows of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul inBrockdish (fromTrinity)
Image 12The Holy Trinity in an angelic glory over a landscape, byLucas Cranach the Elder (d. 1553) (fromTrinity)
Image 13A depiction of theCouncil of Nicaea in AD 325, at which the Deity of Christ was declared orthodox andArianism condemned (fromTrinity)
Image 14A Greekfresco of Athanasius of Alexandria, the chief architect of the Nicene Creed, formulated at Nicaea (fromTrinity)
Image 15Atypical depiction of the Trinity where the Son is identified by a lamb, the Father anEye of Providence, and the Spirit a dove (fromTrinity)
Image 16Nativity at Night, byGeertgen tot Sint Jans,c. 1490 (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 17The Trinity by Russian icon painterAndrei Rublev, early 15th century: this portrayal of the threeangels who visitedAbraham at theOak of Mamre (Genesis 18:1-8) (fromTrinity)
Image 18Depiction of Trinity fromSaint Denis Basilica in Paris (12th century) (fromTrinity)
Image 19The Baptism of Christ, byPiero della Francesca, 15th century (fromTrinity)
Image 20TheAdoration of the Trinity byAlbrecht Dürer (1511)
From top to bottom: Holy Spirit (dove), God the Father and Christ on the cross (fromTrinity)
Image 21A compact diagram of the Trinity, known as the "Shield of the Trinity", consisting ofGod the Father,God the Son (Jesus), andGod the Holy Spirit (the Shield is generally not intended to be a schematic diagram of the structure of God, but it presents a series of statements about the relationship between the persons of the Trinity) (fromTrinity)
Image 22TheCommunion of the Apostles, byLuca Signorelli, 1512 (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 23God the Father (top), the Holy Spirit (a dove), and the child Jesus, painting byBartolomé Esteban Murillo (d. 1682) (fromTrinity)
Image 24Detail of theearliest known artwork of the Trinity, theDogmatic or Trinity Sarcophagus,c. 350 (Vatican Museums).
Three similar figures, representing the Trinity, are involved in the creation ofEve, whose much smaller figure is cut off at lower right; to her right,Adam lies on the ground. (fromTrinity)
Image 25God the Father (top), and the Holy Spirit (represented by a dove) depicted above Jesus Painting byFrancesco Albani (d. 1660) (fromTrinity)
Image 26The Glory of Saint Nicholas, byAntónio Manuel da Fonseca;Nicholas of Myra, a participant in the First Council of Nicaea, achieves thebeatific vision in the shape of the Holy Trinity. (fromTrinity)
Image 27Three doors representing the trinity ata cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio (fromTrinity)
Image 28The Father, The Holy Spirit, and Christ crucified, depicted in aWelsh manuscriptc. 1390–1400 (fromTrinity)
Image 29Christ on the Cross, 1870, byCarl Heinrich Bloch, depictingJesus's crucifixion (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 30The Good Samaritan byJames Tissot. TheParable of the Good Samaritan is one of the parables of Jesus. (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 31The "Heavenly Trinity" joined to the "Earthly Trinity" through theIncarnation of theSon–The Heavenly and Earthly Trinities byMurillo (c. 1677) (fromTrinity)
Image 32God in the person of the Son confrontsAdam and Eve, byMaster Bertram (d. c. 1415) (fromTrinity)
Image 33Many Christians use thecrucifix to symbolise Jesus' sacrificial death and as a focus fordevotion. (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 34Jesus'Farewell Discourse to his eleven remaining disciples after theLast Supper, from theMaestà byDuccio (fromJesus in Christianity)
Image 35PopeClement I prays to the Trinity, in a typical post-Renaissance depiction byGianbattista Tiepolo (d. 1770). (fromTrinity)
Image 36AGospel of John, 1056 (fromJesus in Christianity)

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The Tribute Money by Titian depicts Jesus being shown the tribute penny

Then thePharisees went and took counsel how they might entrap him in his talk. They sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and teach the way of God in truth, no matter whom you teach, for you aren’t partial to anyone. Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?”
But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, “Why do you test me, you hypocrites? Show me the tax money.”
They brought to him adenarius.
He asked them, “Whose is this image and inscription?”
They said to him, “Caesar’s.”
Then he said to them, “Give therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
When they heard it, they marveled, and left him, and went away.

—Render unto Caesar,Matthew 22:15-22,World English Bible

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