Traditions
The practices of the world's faiths, one observance at a time: what each practice is, how it is kept, and what it means to the people who keep it.
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Christianity
Baptism
The washing with water that brings a person into the Christian church, practiced by immersion or pouring since the first century.
Christianity
The Eucharist
The shared bread and cup that Christians eat in obedience to Jesus, who broke bread at the Last Supper and said, Do this in remembrance of me.
Christianity
Lent
The forty day season of fasting, prayer, and giving that prepares Christians for Easter, patterned on the forty days Jesus fasted in the wilderness.
Christianity
The Camino de Santiago
The pilgrim road across Spain to the tomb of the apostle James at Santiago de Compostela, walked by Christians for more than a thousand years.
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