The first worshipers were welcomed on May 6, the day after Orthodox Easter ... The reconquest of Hagia Sophia? The conversions of Hagia Sophia and the former Chora church into mosques, while ...

This course examines the art and architecture of the Byzantine empire from its sources in Late Antique Rome to its fall in 1453 as well as its influence in the Orthodox ... the domed church and its ...

"Christian missionaries are unable to return to the country they call home, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church has not ... Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned the Hagia Sophia, an ancient ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion ... For the Jewish people of those times and orthodox Jews to this day, all human life has as its author the one God whose creative ...

It may surprise most people to know that there are many different rites within the Catholic Church. Before discussing ... to the liturgy used by the Orthodox churches. After the schism between ...

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 ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church bells. Fireworks ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Archdiocese of Chicago broadcasts Sunday Mass from Holy Name Cathedral on ABC7. Mass from Holy Name Cathedral airs on ABC7 streams on ABC7Chicago.com at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays.

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a woman at an ancient Byzantine monastery near Jerusalem, challenging long-held beliefs that asceticism was only practiced by men in early Christianity.

Feb 13, 1861 Uchimura, Spokesman for the "Non-Church" ...