From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

A Celebration of Faith, Culture, and Community Addis Ababa, April 19, 2025 (ENA)-–- Easter, one of the most profound and ...

“Heritage is about how we in the present engage with the past. This is why we argue that heritage relates more to the present ...

The ceremony is taking place in Jerusalem's Church of the Resurrection. The annual ceremony of the descent of the Holy Fire ...

There is however one thing that both the Coptic church members and Jewish families have in common with everyone else in the ...

In the silence of the desert, Matta El Maskine (1919–2006) found God—and transformed modern Coptic monasticism. His life of ...

Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark presided over the Palm Sunday Mass this morning at the ...

This Easter, Orthodox and Catholic Christians find themselves united in a rare occurrence: celebrating the resurrection of Christ on the same day. In the Middle East, the birthplace of Christianity ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem, called on Christians in the Holy Land to “hope against ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when ...

Abuna Yemata Guh, a remote and ancient church in a very difficult to access location The Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Crown ...