A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem ... Unearthed in a synagogue in the hometown of Mary Magdalene, the Magdala Stone is thought to ...

Created around 1503, the painting—which just sold at auction for $3.1 million—depicts the saint after the crucifixion of ...

In McLaughlin’s estimation, he could not have been “more Celtic”: Burns was born in 1956 in Calton, a short walk from St Mary’s, the east end church in which the football club was founded ...

A man has caused minor damage at St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican after jumping onto the main altar and knocking over 19th-century candelabra, worth several thousand dollars. Video posted on ...

The pianist behind a Mary Poppins performance at the Last Night of the Proms has said that classical music doesn’t have to be serious. Sir Stephen Hough, 63, praised the change that has come ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

Pope Francis emphasized Mary Magdalene’s transformative encounter with the risen Christ as a model for personal conversion.

A Teesside church building is up for sale as part of a redevelopment opportunity. The former St Mary Magdalene Church, located on Whitehouse Road in Billingham, is being marketed by estate agents ...

Thousands of Albanians Pay Last Respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects ...