Queen Elizabeth II, Church of England head, dies
Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne seven years after World War II ended and was coronated more than a year after her father, George VI died to allow a time of mourning. Millions tuned …
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Medieval Armenian church hosts special mass for peace
Akdamar Church, also known as the Church of the Holy Cross, is a medieval Armenian cathedral located in the eastern Van province of Turkey, which hosted a special ceremony on Sunday. The ceremony marked the …
Museum of the Bible returns looted manuscript to Greek monastery
One of the oldest hand-written Gospels has been returned by Washington, D.C.’s Museum of the Bible to the Greek Orthodox Church. In 1917, during the First World War, the manuscript and a number of other …
How old was Jesus when he died?
Daryl Perry of USA Today writes that religious scholars disagree on the issue of Jesus’ age at his death. Varying accounts and the use of different calendars make it difficult to pinpoint the final days …
Discovery:1,500-year-old inscription indicating the home of Apostle Peter
A 1,500-year-old Greek inscription has been discovered by a team of archaeologists that points to the Apostle Peter’s home. The inscription was found on an ancient basilica close to the Sea of Galilee and it …
Illustrated Holy Land guide circa 1486 to be restored
Peregrinatio in Terram Sanctam (A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land), a 15th-century travel guide, is considered history’s first illustrated travelogue. The book narrates the pilgrimage of Bernhard von Breydenbach, a German diplomat and clergyman to …
U.K. wildfire stops at the edge of memorial cross
The record-breaking heatwave in the United Kingdom last month generated a number of fires, including massive blaze across a field north of Kent. But much to everyone’s surprise, it stopped at the edge of a …
Historian Carey Latimore IV, who celebrated Black Christians’ faith, remembered
Historian and Baptist minister Carey Latimore IV, whose work focused on studying and highlighting the strength of Black Christians’ faith, died July 26. The unexpected death of the 46-year-old historian shocked his colleagues at Trinity …
Archaeologists excavate graves at one of the oldest U.S. Black churches
The excavation of three suspected graves located at the site of one of the first Black churches in the United States has started in order to determine the identity and way of life of those …
Ancient depictions of Biblical heroines Jael, Deborah uncovered in Israel
One of the first known ancient depictions of Jael and Deborah, two Biblical heroines, has been uncovered at the Huqoq dig site in Israel by a group from the University of North Carolina at Chapel …