One of the greatest holy relics of the Orthodox world — the Belt of the Most Holy Mother of God, from the Vatopedi Monastery ...

Roman left Slovakia at a young age, he never forgot about his roots. He may have started his new life in Canada as a tomato ...

The Christian observance of the Last Supper is on Maundy Thursday this year, on March 28. Jesus and his disciples celebrated Jewish Pesach (Passover), the eve of the Israelite exodus from Egypt. The ...

Archaeologists believe they've found the biblical town of Bethsaida at El-Araj, discovering St Peter's home and a lost church ...

My favorite restaurant turned out to be a minute away on foot. Jester’s Taverna is a casual beach bar with a thatched roof where I ate anchovies with red pepper, grilled fish, and djath i skuqur, deep ...

In Photo: Aglicay Resort is the perfect place to go to in Romblon to disconnect. Romblon is a province that you visit to watch time flitter by. Its rustic charm and idyllic vibe are much like the slow ...

Dubrovnik Cathedral, or the Church of the Assumption, is actually the third church built on the site. The first, a Byzantine-style building, was constructed in the 6th and 7th centuries, before a ...

In anticipation of the new Edward Kane, Advocate serial starting in Monday’s Scotsman, author Ross Macfarlane KC pays tribute to a colleague and friend Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

The name ‘Melkite’ derives from a Syriac word meaning ‘royal.’ It initially referred to those Christians who sided with the emperor (and the pope) following the Council of Chalcedon, as opposed to ...

One of the best-preserved cities of the ancient world, Pergamon sits near modern-day Turkey's west coast next to the city known as Bergama. Pergamon was a prosperous, cosmopolitan city that flourished ...

Recent archaeological discoveries at two pivotal biblical sites are transforming our understanding of early Christianity's expansion across the ancient Mediterranean world. In Turkey's ancient Lystra, ...