This mountain city in Bulgaria is known as the Machu Picchu of Europe but is less crowded and easier to get to, while still full of ancient mysteries.

Sevginar Mahmud remembers December 26, 1984, as if it were yesterday. She remembers her friend being hit by a bullet, the agoniz ...

Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip’s ambition of conquering the Persian Empire — the largest in the ... an ancient monotheistic religion, still think of him as ...

The early Church sought to evangelize in the major cultural centers of the first ... Byzantine liturgy include the Albanian, Belarussian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Hungarian, Italo-Albanian ...

Perwani has a career that spans over two decades, and holds a Guinness World Record for designing the world’s largest kurta ... named the sixth-best fashion designer in the world by the Bulgarian ...

Orthodox priests sing and pray during a mass for the 'sanctification of honey' around honey jars with candles arranged in ...

In noted that the legislation was response to a Dec.16, 2024 judgment of the Supreme Court of Cassation which entered a religious institution named "Old Calendar Orthodox Church of Bulgaria" in ...

PRAYAGRAJ, India (AP) — Hindu devotees, mystics and holy men and women have gathered in India's northern city of Prayagraj for the Maha Kumbh festival, the world's largest religious gathering. The ...

WASHINGTON —Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to speak Wednesday at IRF Summit 2025, billed as “the largest religious freedom gathering in the world, ever,” by co-founder Sam Brownback, the former ...

Freedom of worship is tenuous around the globe. The Pew Research Center’s latest annual report found “high” or “very high” ...

Princess Kalina of Bulgaria's first public appearance in ... in honour of his grandfather's religion. Simeon's godparents are Princess Irene of Greece and King Mohammed VI of Morocco.