Religions followed by Northwards people

Christianity

Christianity
Christianity is the world's most popular religion.

Christianity is the most popular belief in the world with an estimated 2 billion followers.

Amish, Baptists, Episcopalians, Greek Orthodox, Methodists, Mormons, Pentecostal, Protestant, Roman Catholics, Russian Orthodox and many more make up the Christian faiths.

Each faith varies but all Christians believe in one God which has three elements. These are God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.

Christians believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

A central concept of the Christian faith is that Jesus was crucified and arose from the dead on the third day. This is known as the Resurrection.

The most important text is the Holy Bible which consists of the Old and New Testaments.

Christians worship in churches. Spiritual leaders are known as Fathers, Ministers, Pastors or Priests.

Festivals

The Christian calendar is filled with many festivals, feast days and Saints Days. The main festivals are:

  • Epiphany Celebrates the "shining forth" or revelation of God to mankind in the form of Jesus.
  • Easter Celebrates the death and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
  • Christmas Day Celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ.

Find out more about different religions celebrated by Northwards people.

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