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

Turkey has embarked on a restoration project aimed at preserving the Hagia Sophia, one of Istanbul's landmarks. The Turkish ...

The architectural genius of this place of worship — which was built as a church in 537CE before ... called — was the heart of the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire that emerged as Ancient ...

Whether you’re a believer or not, visiting Hagia Sophia is a spiritual experience. The architectural genius of this place of worship — which was built as a church in 537CE before its conversion into a ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. St Savvas of Kalymnos Greek Orthodox Church is planning to build a community centre in Northcrest, Berrimah, which will include a church, two event ...

The free event, from 2 to 3 p.m., will also have presentations on the building’s timeless architecture by Pietro Belluschi, one of Oregon’s most revered and awarded citizens. The church with a ...

These rites so listed: Latin, Byzantine ... church, but modified by St. Basil (329-379) and St. John Chrysostom (344-407). This liturgy is similar if not identical to the liturgy used by the ...

OT 434-435; JBC, p. 517] Now the Catholic Church is not alone in accepting the Books which Protestants label as "Apocrypha." The Coptic, Greek and Russian Orthodox churches also recognize these ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

ROME – Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it reflects his “humble, simple and essential’’ life, the ...

This revolutionary image overthrew the rigid conventions of Byzantine icon painting ... Nearby are the artist’s beguiling “Saint Nicholas” panels, where setting and architecture are deployed to great ...