The Times Opinion columnist discusses religion and belief — at this moment in our politics and in our lives more generally.

The banyan is a kind of strangler fig tree, and unlike most plants ... The villagers said 20,000 people could stand together under the canopy. The tree’s canopy encompassed the entire scene ...

“Orthodox change nothing,” Father Sava adds. “The faith that was delivered to the saints,” Martin agrees. We pause before a striking painting of the Virgin Mary surrounded by a duel of light and dark ...

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Like many of Jesus’ Apostles, Nathanael was at a low point ... he calls out from under a fig tree, hoping for a response. Later, he meets Jesus and gets the sign he was looking for.

Every year, a 30-metre-tall Christmas tree is brought to Place Kléber and ... which are said to symbolise Christ and the 12 apostles. An array of 13 offerings – including dried fruits, nuts ...

According to tradition, the author, Mark is not an apostle himself ... Jesus also then curses a fig tree and the two stories are woven together, in Mark, in such a way that the symbolism carries ...

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