Byzantine-Hellenistic Icon Faces Quake Risk Hagia Sophia, a Byzantine marvel with Hellenistic roots, undergoes restoration to ...

One church is being burned every week in the Muslim world in an "alarming" campaign of Christian persecution, a British ...

Skip the tie—gift a medieval adventure! Forbes’ 2025 luxury Father’s Day guide: 5-star hotel stays (Rome to Wales), Vatican ...

While the Old World magic in many parts of the city has been plowed over by modern affluence, today's Istanbul is every bit as rich and rewarding.

Much of the Christian world, especially the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, has been roiled by reports that an Egyptian court has mandated that St. Catherine’s Monastery be taken over by the ...

As a Greek delegation prepares to arrive in Cairo on Wednesday to resolve tensions over the fate of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Ahram Online examines how the controversy surrounding one of the ...

Turkey is located near two fault lines, leaving the 1,500-year-old structure vulnerable to damage. Architects and engineers will be investigating how to best preserve it ...

Istanbul marked the 1,700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea, the groundbreaking gathering convened in 325 by ...

The Russian Orthodox Church on Friday expressed dismay at Turkey's decision to revoke the museum status of the iconic Hagia Sophia, accusing it of ignoring ... move and called it a "threat to the ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the history of a legendary papal namesake.

According to the story, this “holy mortar” mix was duly created and the cracks in the Christian church fixed. “These legends and myths surrounding Hagia Sophia bind people to it; they ...