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Y, the

(Encyclopedia) Y, the: see Young Men's Christian Association.

YMCA

(Encyclopedia) YMCA: see Young Men's Christian Association.

YWCA

(Encyclopedia) YWCA: see Young Women's Christian Association.

Armenian Church

(Encyclopedia) Armenian Church, autonomous Christian church, sometimes also called the Gregorian Church. Its head, a primate of honor only, is the catholicos of Yejmiadzin, Armenia; Karekin II became…

Frederick VI, king of Denmark and Norway

(Encyclopedia) Frederick VI, 1768–1839, king of Denmark (1808–39) and Norway (1808–14), son and successor of Christian VII. After the court party had executed Struensee, expelled Frederick's mother,…

Judgment Day

(Encyclopedia) Judgment Day or Doomsday, central point of early Christian, Jewish, and Islamic eschatology, sometimes called the Day of the Lord. References to it throughout the Bible are numerous.…

DK People & Places: Europe

FACTFILE: EUROPEFIND OUT MOREEurope is the world’s second-smallest continent but has the second-largest population. The landscape ranges from the frozen tundra and forests of the north to the hot,…

Disciples of Christ

(Encyclopedia) Disciples of Christ: see Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).