As rooted as…
A good simile for a certain rugged tenacity, in this case referring to the nascent Christian community as it emerged...
Rising like a damp-stain
In addition to the infiltration of Christianity, seeping into Hellenic culture, as this historian memorably puts it, 'like a damp-stain',...
Hachkars (khachkars)
Hachkars (or khachkars) are Armenian stone crosses.
'You encounter these hachkars all over Armenia, for they were the symbols of...
Demons as microbes
I liked this analogy to help us grasp how demons were perceived in late antiquity, apparently more matter of factly...
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