JERUSALEM – Each October, monks and nuns gather olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden – where, according to ...

Greece’s Mount Athos is at the heart of a rift in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Nikos Papanikolaou visits monks vowing to protect their ultra-orthodox way of life Show more **This programme contains ...

An Orthodox spiritual centre since 1054, Mount Athos has enjoyed an autonomous statute since Byzantine times. The 'Holy Mountain', which is forbidden to women and children, is also a recognized ...

National Security Minister MK Itamar Ben Gvir on Wednesday morning ascended the Temple Mount morning in honor of the Sukkot (Festival of Tabernacles) holiday. His office stated that he made the trip ...

Only one ancient account mentions the existence of Xerxes Canal, long thought to be a tall tale. But archaeology is confirming that Persia's engineering triumph was real. Land and seaThis view from ...

At place where Jesus was said to have spent his last night before crucifixion, devout Christians and volunteers keep alive a ...

Three of these fascinating places are UNESCO World Heritage sites, and a fourth aspires to be one. Orthodox Christian priest Father Chrisostomos in the cell of St. Nicholas the Fisherman on Mount ...

Mount Pleasant faith leaders invite the public to a community interfaith prayer vigil on Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Mount Pleasant Town Center. Titled “Community Interfaith Vigil for Humanity – To ...

A severe blizzard has left nearly 1,000 stranded on Mount Everest's Tibetan side, with rescue efforts underway amid heavy snowfall. Concurrently, devastating rains in Nepal triggered landslides and ...

O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to you for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When, therefore, O kind and merciful ...

About 900 hikers, guides and other staff who were stranded by a weekend snowstorm on the Chinese side of Mount Everest have reached safety, state media said late Tuesday. A severe storm struck the ...