The longest-serving leader in the history of the Georgian Orthodox Church, he helped guide his country in its transition from Soviet repression to modern statehood.

The Avars rose as a dominant ethnic group in Europe, where their conflicts with the Byzantine Empire reshaped the landscape of the Balkans.

Israel closed the Church of the Holy Sepulchre indefinitely for security reasons. Greece and Greek Orthodox Christians are concerned about the Holy Fire transport ...

Blessed John of Parma (1209–1289), born Giovanni Buralli in Parma, Italy, was educated by his uncle and became a respected philosophy professor.

Over a dozen states have criminal statutes involving clergy sexual abuse. Pending legislation could add California to the fold, but the measure is...complicated.

A fragment of an intercepted Iranian missile fell in several areas of Jerusalem on Monday, including on a rooftop near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ...

The Iranian regime is deliberately firing at civilian populations and harming religious buildings of all faiths," Israeli FM Gideon Sa'ar said.The post Iran missile fragments hit Jerusalem holy sites ...

"St. Patrick warned civilization may pass 'in a moment like a cloud of smoke that is scattered by the wind.' And if it falls, author Thomas Cahill argues it will ...

Step into ancient Athens and discover how St. Paul challenged centuries of Greek tradition with the Christian message in the heart of civilization. Explore the timeless connection between Greece and ...

Many paid their respects Monday to legendary New York City television news anchor Ernie Anastos. The 82-year-old died early ...

Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a sacred Christian site in the Old City, came under unexpected threat as missile ...