The Hagia Sophia mosaics are unique and represent the ultimate example of Byzantine craftsmanship. They are the only surviving examples of Byzantine mosaics from such a lengthy time period. They cover ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

Francis, who had advocated for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, visited Israel and the occupied West Bank in 2014 ...

KOCHI: Heads of various churches in Kerala, including Cardinal Baselios Cleemis who will participate in the Papal Conclave to elect the next pope, condoled the ...

The fact that we are celebrating together, it's of course, a joy because it is something which is reminding us that we are ...

Two US Congress members landed in Damascus on Friday to meet Syrian officials, the first visit by American lawmakers to the war-ravaged country since Bashar al-Assad was ousted from power by an ...

the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, and the Armenian Apostolic Church. The Catholic Church is represented by the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land.

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A pair of Republican Congress members were in the Syrian capital Friday on an unofficial visit organized by a Syrian-American nonprofit, the first by U.S. legislators ...

This Friday is Jumaa’ al Hazeeneh (Arabic for Good Friday), and to Palestinian Christians this phrase is pregnant with ...

Congress Members Pay an Unofficial Visit to Syria as US Mulls Sanctions Relief DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Two Republican members of the U.S. Congress were in the Syrian capital Friday on an unofficial ...

The Coptic Church’s strong alliance with the state has been key.” He explained that Christianity in the region has split into ...