Did you Know? (Sunday, March 1, 2020)
Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent – a period/time which the Christian Church uses for prayer, fasting, and spiritual preparation for Easter, in which we […]
Anglican Church in St. Andrew, Jamaica. Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands. Established 1664.
Ash Wednesday is the first day of the season of Lent – a period/time which the Christian Church uses for prayer, fasting, and spiritual preparation for Easter, in which we […]
There are two traditions about the location of the Mount of Transfiguration. One tradition identifies it as Mount Tabor, south of the region of Galilee, on the northern edge of […]
There are two distinct ways people use the idea of God’s law: Natural law: principles that can be rationally drawn from the way things are: Gravity for example, or cause […]
People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a […]
The temple, at which Jesus was presented in Jerusalem, was a magnificent building. Solomon had it built in about 960 B.C., but it was completely destroyed by the Babylonians in […]
The ministers of the Church are lay persons, bishops, priests and deacons. The ministry of lay person is to represent Christ and His Church; to bear witness to Him wherever […]
Infants are baptized so that through union with Christ, they may share in the New Covent and become heirs of God’s redemption. Promises are made for them by their parents […]
Baptism is the sacrament by which God unites us with Christ, adopts us as His children and makes us members of Christ’s Body, the Church, and inheritors of the kingdom […]
In 253AD, St. Cyprian of Carthage wrote a letter to Fidus (an African Bishop) to challenge the then tradition of waiting eight days to baptize children. This letter, therefore, shows […]
There is no evidence for the observance of Christmas Day on December 25 before 300 AD. In fact, the earliest record of December 25 as a church festival is in […]