‘The Church grew at a steady rate of 40% per decade,’ says Mike Aquilina, ‘and all that happened at a time when the practice of the faith was a capital crime.’ Cover of ‘Rabbles, Riots, and Ruins: ...

Italian archaeologists recently made a surprising religious discovery in an unusual location: an Ancient Roman bath complex. The Appian Way Regional Park, an urban park in Rome, announced the ...

Archaeological excavations at the ancient city of Olympus in the Kumluca district of Antalya, Türkiye, reveal new surprises. Ancient mosaic inscriptions and elaborately decorated floor mosaics were ...

For all of her life, the Ancient City Baptist Church in St. Augustine has been a special place for 77-year-old Carolyn Calhoun. Her parents were members when she was born and she has attended ever ...

Turkey has converted the ancient Chora church in Istanbul into a mosque, following a similar move with Hagia Sophia. Chora, originally a church dating back to the 4th century, became a mosque under ...

The history of Christian celibacy is more complicated than we’d like to think. Lately, Christians have cast their minds and social media musings back to the early church on the topics of singleness ...

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has opened the ancient Chora church, one of Istanbul's most celebrated Byzantine buildings, to Muslim worshippers after it was used as a museum for more than 70 years, ...

CUTLINES - Visitors to the Holy Apostles Orthodox Christian Church's 10th anniversary celebration this weekend in rural Bixby might think they have stepped back in time. A gold dome adorns the top of ...

Why evangelicals are connecting with the early church as they move into the 21st century. Last spring, something was stirring under the white steeple of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College. A ...

Mar Georges Younan. Mar Georges III Younan, who was born in Iraq but lived his entire life in the United States, has been elected patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East. The Church is an Eastern ...

On the night he was betrayed, the rabbi from Nazareth gave blunt, but mysterious, instructions about the rite that would forever be at the center of Christian life. The Gospel of St. Luke reports: "He ...