Gharandal was a significant site during the Byzantine and early Islam period and pottery was assembled from the site during ...

In 249, legends say the woman who later became St. Appolonia, the patron saint of dentistry, was tortured and killed for being a Christian. Her tormentors broke her teeth with iron points and ...

When Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US President, he did not put his left hand on either of the two Bibles held by his ...

We face losing thousands of incredible historic sites if they continue to languish unvisited, not least these forgotten ...

In a divided world, sacred spaces like Al Aqsa and Babri Masjid, which have raised nationalistic fervour, should have endured ...

Saint Anysia is venerated primarily within the Eastern Orthodox Church in regions influenced by Byzantine culture.

The opening of 600 positions for Greek Orthodox priests in the diaspora is expected soon, Proto Thema reported. To date, a large part of the clergy abroad do not have a regular salary, insurance or ...

Within the Orthodox Christian Church of the Byzantine Empire, women had the opportunity to become deaconesses or lay sisters, participating in social services and managing religious organizations that ...

Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local emergencies issued weather warnings. Local media showed people bathing ...

It serves as the seat of the “Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem ... This connection dates back to the Byzantine Empire, when Emperor Constantine and his mother, Helena, first built the church.

In 1945, the victorious Allied powers gathered in San Francisco to draft a charter for the United Nations, the foundation of a new global order that would make another world war impossible. The ...

David Tudor (l), who has now been banned for life from the Church of England, was pictured talking to Stephen Cottrell, then Bishop of Chelmsford, in 2014 A woman who says she was sexually abused ...