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Welcome to Holy Monday!
Holy Monday or Great and Holy Monday (Greek: Μεγάλη Δευτέρα, Megale Deutera) is the Monday of Holy Week, which is the week before Easter. Death and Resurrection of Jesus. It is the third day of Holy Week in Eastern Christianity, after Lazarus Saturday andPalm Sunday, and the second day of Holy Week in Western Christianity, after Palm Sunday.
The Gospels tell us of some of the events that actually occurred on the day of the Biblical Holy Monday. Some of the most notable and recognizable of these were the cursing of thefig tree (Matthew 21:18-22,Mark 11:20-26), the questioning of Jesus' authority (Matthew 21:23-27), the Cleansing of the Temple and some diverse parables, depending on which Gospel is read.
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Recruiting Roundup: Bryce Bailey, Damion Abrams to Visit Syracuse (the juice; Cheng)
What an amazing weekend for Syracuse hoops, with the men’s and women’s teams advancing to the Sweet 16! On to today’s recruiting links…
2017 Indiana offensive lineman Bryce Bailey will be visiting Syracuse on Tuesday, reports’s Scott Brown. Bailey currently holds offers from Illinois, Iowa State and Purdue, among others.
Another prospect that is looking to take a visit in the spring is 3-star defensive lineman Romello Martin, Brown also reports. The Abraham Lincoln (NY) prospect offer list includes Florida State, Louisville, Miami, Nebraska and Rutgers.
2017 Jersey City (NJ) linebacker Damion Abrams will be among those visiting, as well, he said on Twitter. According to 247 Sports, he doesn’t have any offers yet, but is obviously drawing interest from the Orange.
» Related: Syracuse pursuing Joshua Fedd-Jackson, Javonte Richardson
Cass Techical (Mich.) High School teammates Donovan Johnson and Rodney Hall were among a large group of teammates to visit Syracuse earlier in the year. The visit clearly had an effect on Hall, who tweeted a photo of the two from their time at SU. Johnson is a defensive back prospect, while Hall is a dual-threat quarterback.
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Bob Costas on Friend and Former Boss Joel Mareiniss: 'I Loved the Guy, I Really Did (PS; Poliquin)
He left our town some 42 years ago for the first big gig of his career at KMOX in St. Louis where the Spirits of St. Louis and the mystery that was Marvin Barnes would serve as a kind of collective professional catapult.
But Bob Costas will remind those who might ask that his maiden voyage as a paid member of the media was with WSYR Radio, which hired him to call the games of the Syracuse Blazers, a collection of itinerants and scalawags and eccentrics who managed a bit of minor league hockey on the side.
So the man has his memories of his time among us, as both Syracuse University student and broadcasting pro, that won't be dulled by the acclaim he's earned along the way to becoming perhaps the greatest practitioner of his craft in history.
And chief among those memories are the ones attached to the times he spent with his old boss at the station, Joel Mareiniss.
"The thing that I remember," Costas said the other day during a phone conversation, "was how much passion — not just for sports, but for life — Joel had. He was funny. He was outgoing. He was gregarious. He found humor in odd situations. He could laugh at himself. If he made a mistake he could make light of it. He created a fun atmosphere for everyone around him.
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Lights Out for Climate Change: Cities Around the World Mark 10th Annual Earth Hour (PS; AP)
Cities around the world turned out the lights Saturday evening to mark the 10th annual Earth Hour, a global movement dedicated to protecting the planet and highlighting the effects of climate change.
As night came on, the lights went out in cities from South Korea to the United States in what the World Wildlife Fund describes as a moment of solidarity for climate action. The group sponsors the event and says people in 178 countries and territories had planned to participate.
Lights went out for the hourlong event — from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time — in Beijing, Moscow, Beirut, Cairo, Athens, Rome, and Paris. The lights atop the Empire State Building in New York were dimmed, and some billboards in Times Square also went dark.
In Seoul, the glass-covered City Hall was among several public buildings where officials switched off the lights inside and out. Lights illuminating landmarks such as the massive COEX shopping mall, the city's main railway station and several bridges on the Han River were all either turned off or dimmed.
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