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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The wide empty spaces in pews between parishioners at a Sunday service at Zion Baptist Church in South Carolina’s capital highlight a post-pandemic reality common among many Black Protestant churches nationwide. “As we say in old churches — if you don’t see any young people, if you don’t hear any babies crying, then, you’re at a dying …
All Saints Day is a Christian festival that honours all those who are considered saints by the church. All Saints’ Day was originally observed on May 13 but is presently celebrated in November. On May 13 in 609 AD, Pope Boniface IV dedicated the temple of Pantheon in Rome as a church in honour of the Virgin Mary and all …
