One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

Don’t miss one of Europe’s most attractive old towns, which has a lively, lived-in atmosphere thanks to its university and ...

Re called Francis “a pope among the people, with an open heart towards everyone.” He recalled the last image many people have ...

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In Greek mythology, Eos was the goddess of the dawn. Though, like other primordial gods, she was not widely worshiped by the ...

Before Lincoln turned the idea of “the Union” into a cause worth dying for, he tried other means of ending slavery in America ...

The tradition of the "Flying Priest" from the island of Chios, which occurs on Holy Saturday, has now spread throughout ...

Abuna Yemata Guh, a remote and ancient church in a very difficult to access location The Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Crown ...

Specifically, for the past four months, he’s spent long hours 65 feet above the altar in St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church’s cupola, or dome, painting an iconic representation of the ...

surfaced from beneath Greek ruins at the site of Kom el-Nugus near Alexandria Among the artifacts found were the remains of a temple and pottery including an amphora and a grape crusher that ...

Archaeologists have discovered an Egyptian settlement likely built by Tutankhamun's father around 3,400 years ago in a huge breakthrough.