The sound of Hagia Sophia was recreated recently by two scholars from California’s Stanford University by simply popping a ...

We should even consider participating in daily Mass. Liturgy of the Hours Another way to continually live a sacramental life is to pray the Liturgy of the Hours. This prayer is no longer for ...

Now, in part two, we shall turn to the purpose of the liturgy: namely, true worship of God. In part three (i.e. next time), we shall consider the fruits or benefits of the Liturgy: how the Liturgy ...

Until the twentieth century, all worship in the Church of England was governed by the contents of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP), which was first published in 1549. The Book of Common Prayer is still ...

The acclaimed Japanese magic realist (“Norwegian Wood,” “Kafka on the Shore”) is back with his first book in six years. It opens on a pair of teens in love. The girl disappears and the man ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. By The New York Times Books Staff “The New India,” by Rahul Bhatia ...

Here is the standout fiction and nonfiction of the year, selected by the staff of The New York Times Book Review ... state of mind with the help of 2,000 hours of rarely accessed audio from ...

Combining the RPG world of Kingdom Come Deliverance, the brutal systems of The Forest, and a little of Age of Empires’ resource gathering and building, Medieval Dynasty remains one of the best ...

What it tells us about the past: The Book of Kells is a large illuminated manuscript — a handwritten and heavily illustrated document ornamented with paints made from gold and silver.

Pages from a novelist’s notebook. Nov 27, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Orhan Pamuk Nov 26, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Angel Nafis In The Hidden Globe, Atossa Araxia Abrahamian examines what ...

One can say that the "litany" is an ancient component of Christian prayer, incorporated into the Divine Liturgy, the liturgy of the Daily Hours (collected in a Service Book called the Menaion), and in ...

It's a simple question without an easy answer: What makes a best book of the year? Is it a novel begging to become a contemporary classic or a retelling of the classics themselves? Is it a book ...