St. Nicholas, the real-life figure who inspired the legend of Father Christmas, was buried in what is now modern-day Turkey but his remains are no longer in his original grave ...
After Türkiye Pope Leo will visit Lebanon, on his first overseas trip as pontiff. Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim ...
The creation of Russia is one of the most complex and far reaching historical stories in Eurasia. Across more than a millennium, diverse tribes, ...
On the second day of his inaugural overseas trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the ancient site of the First Council of Nicaea, in Turkey, urging Christians — and all faiths — to reject the use of religion to ...
A well-kept secret of the Acropolis is a cave hiding an ancient Asclepius temple with a spring of holy water, as later Christians believed.
Each of these 11 titles reveals another facet of Mary, the Mother of Jesus — Theotokos, New Eve, Ark of the Covenant, Handmaid of the Lord. In the end, every Marian image points to the same radiant ...
Pope Leo visited Istanbul's Blue Mosque on Saturday, removing his shoes in a sign of respect but not appearing to pray in his first visit as leader of the Catholic Church to a Muslim place of worship ...
Archaeologists in Turkey have uncovered the original burial site of Saint Nicholas in Demre - the 4th-century bishop who inspired the Santa Claus legend, though his remains were taken to Italy in 1087 ...
The symbolic temple of Byzantine tradition is at the mercy of micro-political and geopolitical designs, from its conversion into a mosque to…trucks entering its interior ...
Archaeologists at the Hisardere Necropolis in Iznik found an early Christian fresco inside a tomb that depicts a young, clean ...
Jordan is a mix of adventure, history, and culture, ready to welcome travellers back after years of regional challenges ...
Greece is restoring restoration the Byzantine Church of Agios Nikolaos Ragkavas in Plaka, one of the most significant in ...