Nuns wandered sprawling gardens as caretakers tended to blossoming flowers. Inside, some nuns visited with family members in a small room. At least that’s what experts think life was like at Beaumont ...

Archaeologists in Jerusalem have uncovered the remains of a long-lost Byzantine church and the foundations of a 2,000-year-old Jewish ritual bath not far from an area believed to have been the site of ...

‘The Church grew at a steady rate of 40% per decade,’ says Mike Aquilina, ‘and all that happened at a time when the practice of the faith was a capital crime.’ Cover of ‘Rabbles, Riots, and Ruins: ...

An ancient church dedicated to a mysterious “glorious martyr” was uncovered near Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Wednesday, revealing a major pilgrimage site as early Christianity ...

Mattingly: For Orthodox Christians in America, the 20th century was shaped by waves of believers fleeing wars, revolutions and persecution elsewhere.

Italian archaeologists recently made a surprising religious discovery in an unusual location: an Ancient Roman bath complex. The Appian Way Regional Park, an urban park in Rome, announced the ...

Charged with converting an 18th-century church into an auditorium and cultural center, architect David Closes could’ve smoothed over the damage. Instead, he chose to highlight it. When architects ...

The Rev. V.V. Nicholas installed in 1916 and served until 1935, was responsible for bringing a daily Vacation Bible School.

Findings of a second church in Kfar Kama near Mount Tabor and the site of the Transfiguration hints at its importance during the Byzantine period. Aerial view of the church remains in Kfar Kama in ...