The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...

The first female Orthodox saint in North America was an Indigenous woman who spent her entire life with her Yup'ik family and ...

Funerals were held on Tuesday for victims of a suicide bomb attack on a church in Syria at the weekend that killed at least ...

Are beards truly dirtier than toilets? This article dives into the science behind beard hygiene, exploring how facial hair harbors microorganisms, the historical concerns, and conflicting research on ...

Bill Diacos was married to my wife Ange’s cousin Val. For many years we lived in the same street and used to visit each other ...

Israeli archaeologists have discovered a remarkable 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus featuring a rare depiction of Greek gods Hercules and Dionysus engaged in a drinking contest. The Roman-era ...

Beards are warm, moist and constantly exposed to fresh contamination. leicestermercury. Bookmark ...

A senior lecturer in microbiology has urged all men to make sure they keep their beards clean after a report claimed some beards contain more bacteria than the average toilet. The Washington Post ...

BOCA RATON — Last week, a $50 million federal lawsuit was filed against a prestigious South Florida country club for suspending an Orthodox Jewish family from its facilities. The lawsuit, Scharf v.

JERUSALEM - A dispute over how many members of Israel's ultra-Orthodox Haredi community should serve in the military has destabilised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition. Read ...

Research shows that beards, in particular, support a dense and diverse microbial population, which has fuelled a persistent belief that they are inherently unhygienic.

JERUSALEM (AP) — The deadliest attack in Israel’s history happened on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's watch. The country's economy is struggling under the weight of the ongoing war in Gaza.