Category: Feature Stories

Especially in times of inflation, energy crisis or corona pandemic, we are always looking for good tips to save money in the household. But be careful with this tip because it could cost you even more! Whether saving on heating by preventing drafts or looking at offers in the supermarket, saving has long been a topic, and above all, there are many tricks for saving electricity. But with this tip, especially TV owners should pay attention. Should you leave the TV’s standby mode on or turn it off when it…

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We celebrate the resurrection of our Lord. In the Easter Vigil, we sing joyfully and probably with all our hearts: Hallelujah, death is conquered. Christ is risen! When the burning Easter candle is carried into the darkness of the church, there is no doubt, Jesus lives! Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting?But how is it when death meets us in real life?Of course, death involves grief because death is always pain, loss, and horror.Although we are aware that death is part of life, confronting it is…

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There is an anecdote about a child who comes home from school crying. He has been told that the Christ Child does not exist. The parents know the time has come and explain the situation. Still sniffling, the girl says, “Then we’re glad we still have the Easter Bunny.” In Austria, you can even be especially happy because the bunny is far from the only custom for Easter, which culminates this year from April 8 to 10. The egg also takes center stage. This was already revered in ancient Egypt…

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Good Friday and Holy Saturday, as days of Jesus Christ’s suffering, death and burial, constitute the darkest days in the church year. They are the darkest days in the Christian calendar – and at the same time, they are an important part of Easter, the highest holiday in Christianity: Good Friday and Holy Saturday. It is an “unbelievable” event in the truest sense of the word that Christians remember on Good Friday: after this day, after Maundy Thursday, the focus is on nothing other than the failure of their hope…

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Maundy Thursday focuses on the message of Jesus’ Last Supper with his twelve disciples. Maundy Thursday marks the beginning of the “holy three days.” The name Maundy Thursday probably goes back to the Middle High German word “Greinen” or “Grienen,” which means “to lament.” On this day, sinners who had repented, the “Greinenden,” was welcomed back into the community. However, some scholars also point out that since the 4th century, Holy Thursday was an ecclesiastical day of rejoicing, when those who had previously been excommunicated were again admitted to communion…

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Social isolation can make people as tired as food deprivation. That’s according to a study by Viennese psychologists who also considered data from the first CoV lockdown in Austria and Italy. The scientific journal “Psychological Science” interprets the observation as a consequence of a basic need that has gone out of joint, from which some people suffer greatly. Less energy, more fatigueOn the one hand, the team led by Giorgia Silani of the Department of Psychology at the University of Vienna studied the reactions and perceptions of 30 female participants…

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Until now, 10,000 steps per day was the official recommendation. But a new study shows that even less is enough. How many steps have you walked today? It’s never been easier to find out because it only takes a glance at your smartphone. Most devices have a pedometer installed. This makes it easy to monitor daily exercise, which we all do too little of anyway. Active mobility strengthens health and has a positive effect on the quality of life. Regular exercise counteracts obesity, reduces the risk of heart attack and…

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Positive experiences in close relationships are associated with better physical health. That’s according to a study from New Zealand that examined the effects on blood pressure, heart rate and stress management. The research team, led by University of Auckland health psychologist Brian Don, examined the effects of positive and negative relationship experiences on the body. For their study, the researchers analyzed how these experiences, on the one hand, and the health scores of the study participants, on the other, changed from day to day. For the study, which has now…

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For Christians, Easter is the central event of their faith. But where does the word Easter come from, how is the date determined, and what is it about the bunny and the eggs? For Christians, Easter, the resurrection of Jesus, is the central event of their faith. Death is not seen as an end but as a new beginning of life. Life triumphs over death, truth over lies, justice over injustice, and love over hate. The Easter Bunny came late, around 1680, as a folk custom. The following day, Good…

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