sacraments

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In Mr. Mian’s travelogue, we meet person after person who professes adherence to Russian Orthodox Christianity, but no one speaks of salvation, sacraments or even Jesus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 22, 2026

First Holy Communion is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic faith and is usually celebrated when children are between the ages of seven and eight.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

More food, more money, and the symbolic pull of seven — sacraments, days of creation, virtues — turned a humble pre-Mass meal into a celebratory Italian-American blowout.

From Salon • Dec. 14, 2025

Amid the chirping of birds, she talked about receiving the sacraments there, and celebrating her quinceañera.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Bathtime, teatime, bedtime—the hinge of the day: these childhood sacraments of water, food and sleep had all but vanished from the daily round.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan