With the intention of preserving Byzantine spiritual wisdom, Greek monk Nicodemus devoted his life to writing the massive tome Philokalia.

With only 19 parishes in his eparchy, the new bishop of Holy Protection of Mary Byzantine Catholic Eparchy of Phoenix, Artur ...

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

Empress Irene of Athens, a pivotal figure in Byzantine history, navigated a world of political intrigue and religious ...

Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem just concluded their second season of excavations at Hyrcania, where they found colorful Byzantine mosaics and Herodian frescoes ...

Not as widely known in the United States as St. Valentine are two other saints at the top of the list on Feb. 14, and recent ...

Such was their influence in Church history, through their evangelization efforts, that Pope John Paul II named the two ...

These rites so listed: Latin, Byzantine, Alexandrian ... The native language (Ge'ez) was used instead of Greek in the liturgy. The church in Ethiopia also fell into heresy after the Council ...

The Albanian case is very similar to the problems that the Croat 19 th century nationalists faced with the acute lack of ...

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He created a 300-person Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant choir and orchestra. Then he took a break.

Also known as Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, is celebrated on June 27 by the universal Church. The devotion to ... with background of gold. It is Byzantine in style and is supposed to have been ...