In 1963 the peacock was declared the National Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions The criteria for this choice were many The bird must be welldis ...

This is in spite of the fact that most people have become poorer, or at least seen their real income stay static, since the financial crisis of 2008. As the saying goes, “There’s nothing surer: the ...

Throughout the pages of the Bible, there are dozens of foods and meals mentioned. Each food plays an important spiritual and narrative role and is used as a symbol of greater principles. Meats, fruits ...

Luke takes a different approach, and emphasizes the value of cultivating the ground around a barren fig tree ... sacred Scripture from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome.

Again, the scenario depicted in Jesus’ parable, of a fig tree growing in a vineyard, is entirely plausible (I have both growing in my garden). And the image of either vine or fig tree as pictures of ...

I like maximising growing space for food crops, so in this example, I have a fig tree growing in a container ... beneath Jesus’ burial site backs up Biblical account NATO Ally Hails 'Milestone ...

Many biblical scholars believe that in the Garden ... Gardeners who want a fig tree in their backyard should plan on putting the tree into the ground in spring or early fall.

The Fig Tree Restaurant, a fine-dining establishment in Elizabeth, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this March. Operating a restaurant is not a concrete game of winning and losing, but as The ...

Fig Tree will publish Costa Prize-winning author Claire Fuller’s new novel, Hunger and Thirst. Helen Garnons-Williams, publishing director at Fig Tree, has acquired UK and Commonwealth Rights ...

50 years of the same conversation, over and over again’ In the middle of No Man’s Land, there stands a lonely fig tree. Each summer, its fruit ripens. But nobody comes to share it; years of ...