He was appointed by Pope Julius II in 1506 to demolish the old church built by Constantine and rebuild it. This was an ambitious project that Bramante undertook with great zeal. It was the architect’s ...

The Christian religion, which was monotheistic, ran counter to the traditional Roman religion, which was polytheistic, influenced by the ancient Greek pantheon ... and shaping the relation of church ...

as well as pupils from the Greek High School in Cairo. They recited two poems by the celebrated Greek poet Constantine Cavafy, who was born in Alexandria in 1863 and lived there until his passing ...

At least 41 people, 15 children among them, were killed Sunday at the Martyr Abu Sefein Coptic Orthodox church in Cairo's working-class neighborhood of Imbaba in the Giza area. There were also ...

Anne Hotaling joined St. Clare’s hospital in Schenectady, N.Y., fresh out of nursing school in 1979. She came to see the Roman Catholic hospital and her fellow workers as a second family ...

Veteran conservative lawmaker Constantine Tassoulas was sworn in as Greece’s new president Thursday, as the government ...

A fire ripped through a church in a densely populated neighbourhood of the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday as congregants worshipped, killing at least 41 and injuring 14, the Coptic Church said.

The historic Church of Saints Theodoros, an emblematic 11th-century monument in the center of Athens, was officially ...

The Turks destroyed more than 4,000 to 4,500 businesses and 3,500 homes; they wrecked about 90 percent of the Greek churches, showing off their “fervid chauvinism” and “profound religious ...

Before the 2nd century, most Palestian Jews preferred a canon loosely similar to the Protestant OT; however, the Greek-speaking ... of the Catholic Church. As St. Augustine writes, "I would ...

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The French director Alain Guiraudie’s latest film, a bent kind of murder mystery, presents life at its basest and gamiest. By Wesley Morris This gimmicky thriller starring Bill Skarsgard and ...