Political and ecclesiastical authorities have defended the ancient rights of the Greek Orthodox St Catherine’s Monastery on ...

The triptych was purchased for the Louvre by the Society of Friends of the Louvre from the private collection of New York ...

A team of archaeologists has successfully identified the location of the ancient city of Tharais, a Byzantine site ...

An ancient city from the Byzantine era, once thought lost to time, has been rediscovered in southern Jordan. Known as Tharais ...

Initial reports that the centuries-old St. Catherine's Monastery would be closed were denied, but Orthodox leaders remain ...

COMMENTARY: The solemn sign of reverence and humility links Catholics with their Eastern Orthodox brethren by tapping into ...

Pavlos Marinakis reaffirmed Greece’s commitment to protecting the Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai amid reports of ...

In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

Egypt has ordered the closure of the world's oldest continuously functioning Christian monastery, much to the fury of ...

A court ruling in Cairo to seize the historical Monastery of St Catherine, evict the monk' community and operate it as a museum has shocked ...

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always ...

Constantinople, the magnificent capital of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Ottoman Turks under Sultan Mehmed II ...