On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They ...

Fittingly, its name is Greek for “Holy Wisdom.” Located in Istanbul ... 523 and 537 C.E. Others might be even older—the last remnants of the long-lost Christian cathedrals erected by ...

Tourists should also expect crowds at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a majestic UNESCO-designated sanctuary containing a piece of the Holy Crib and a venerated icon of the Virgin Mary as ...

Tourists should also expect crowds at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a majestic UNESCO-designated sanctuary containing a piece of the Holy Crib and a venerated icon of the Virgin Mary as the ...

Brought there in the seventh century by Pope Theodore I — who himself had fled Jerusalem during the Muslim conquest — the Holy Crib, made of sycamore wood and believed to be the manger where ...

It also linked forever this Roman basilica to Our Lady’s divine motherhood. For a while the basilica was known as St. Mary of the Crib after it obtained a relic of the Holy Crib, believed to be the ...

His legend is probably a mélange of the lives of several Italian holy men named Valentine and likely none of them actually inspired the annual lovers’ celebration. Historic texts show three ...

According to the basilica’s website, the Holy Crib is also located here, which contains five pieces of sycamore wood said to have been part of the crib upon which Baby Jesus was laid.

Much of the site’s emerging archaeological record provides a glimpse at the long and complex history associated with the holy site. Directly beneath the church lies the remnants of an ancient quarry ...

Footage from the visit showed the pro-settler Republican with a kippa on his head, tucking a note with a prayer on it into one of the crevices of the Jewish holy site — a remnant of the Second ...