In most churches, the decorations are red to symbolize the blood of martyrdom. Some churches remove all decorations on Good Friday, veiling anything that can’t be removed in black or purple. Holy ...

They wanted to be the first country to discover new places and plant their national flag there. Some of the explorers below lived at the same time and we can compare their stories. With all of them, ...

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