Savelli Religious Blog

There is a deep connection between St Nicholas of Myra and Santa Claus, the red-suited long-bearded old good man that every child waits on Christmas Eve. Here is the true story of...

All we need to know about Christmastide, the twelve days of holy celebrations starting on Christmas Eve and ending on January 6th. For most people, December 26th means the end...

Some honor this festivity as a perfect opportunity to genuinely show off all the love they’ve been hiding all year long. Others think for whatever reason that this celebration is...

Expressing one’s love might be quite a feat, but fear not! We collected some of the best ideas for romantic notes, said or put on paper by church people, saints,...

Candlemas is a Christian holy day commemorating the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. It falls on 2 February, and it is the very last day of Christmastide (Christmas and Epiphany Season). Although...

Born into a Catholic feudal family, in Aquino (the modern-day Italian region of Lazio), a very young Thomas joined the ranks of the Monte Cassino abbey in 1230. After nine...

Saint Peregrine was born in 1260 in Forlì, one of the Papal States at the time, and was openly anticlerical as a youth. The Pope sent the Servite Philip Benizi...

The tradition of bidding farewell to a light-hearted pre-Lent period with a spectacular as much as hedonic celebration stretches back to the Middle Ages. By allowing licentious partying, the medieval...

As a Pre-Lent season, we are expected to celebrate Carnival praying and meditating, rather than playing funny jokes or wearing eccentric costumes. Since Carnival is a time of preparation to the 40...

The most critical days, the main definitions, the mandatory duties, and everything else we need to know about Lenten Season in an easy guide.  Lent is a great journey that...

The Great Lent is an essential Christian period of repentance and preparation for Easter. Formalized during the First Council of Nicaea in 325 CE, it was observed even before that date.Find...

On March the 8th, the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, a day for honoring the countless women who struggled to fight inequality, discriminations, and gender prejudices. Since the date...