When I began exploring the history of Christianity and the art it inspired, I had no idea it would lead me to one of the ...

As specialists cleaned and studied the rooms in the Apostolic Palace, they learned new information about the Renaissance ...

Members of the Russian Orthodox Christian Church welcomed the bishop of Syracuse to the new temple in Winfield on Wednesday morning. Bishop Luke of Syracuse, abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery and rector ...

A series of enameled gold panelsWhere it is from: Ivanka pri Nitre, a village in central SlovakiaWhen it was made: Between A.D. 1042 and 1050Related: Assyrian swimmers: 2,900-year-old carving of ...

The May 3 date apparently dates to a sliver of that same cross being brought back to Jerusalem by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius in 629. The Celtic and Gallic marking of this event became associated ...

Catholics around the world are marking 2025 as a Jubilee Year, with the theme, “Pilgrims of Hope.” At the same time, the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is celebrating 175 years since its ...

Pope Francis was laid to rest in Rome on Saturday with a moving, multi-lingual ceremony that reflected his humble approach to the papacy and the global adoration he enjoyed as the “ People’s ...

Suspended 30 feet above the sanctuary, this monumental cross frames the centre of the Cathedral, the mother church of England and Wales and the seat of the Archbishop of Westminster. Carved in Bruges ...

The double-headed eagle was the most known emblem of the Byzantine Empire. Credit: Hellenic Ministry of Culture The details of Emperor Constantine Palaiologos’ newly-found portrait On the fresco, ...

If there is one particular institution of modern Greece that is still heavily influenced by the Byzantine legacy of the past, it is the Greek Orthodox Church. The Byzantine architectural legacy can be ...

The Byzantine Catholic Church in the US has accomplished many great things and brought countless souls to bask in the light of Christ. Bishop Robert Pipta, Eparch of Parma, speaks Oct. 12 at the ...