We asked our panel of distinguished faith leaders of the region the following question: Should worship music be contemporary, ...

A Lorain church and its troupe of singers will be featured on national and international television this weekend as part of a ...

Church Fathers 33], whose hymns are still part of our liturgy and still move hearts ... This church was the principal church in the Byzantine capital of Constantinople (now Istanbul). It was built ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis received a royal welcome as he arrived in Belgium on Thursday evening. The pontiff appeared in ...

However, what many people do not know is that they were active much further east, too. The Vikings played a surprising yet significant role in the Byzantine Empire, where they formed the Varangian ...

The 5,500-square-meter project aims to offer a more balanced and connected narrative of the Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic civilizations, fostering a greater understanding of the influences and ...

The background of the conflict is admittedly Byzantine. Nagorno-Karabakh, known to the Armenians as Artsakh, is the spiritual heartland of the Armenian people. It is where they developed their ...

Byzantine art painting depicting the mourning for the death of Christ found in 1164 at Nerezi, North Macedonia. Credit: Public Domain The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) in Paris is to open a new ...

There's nothing like the sound of Christmas hymns to evoke the joy, mystery, and wonder of the holiday season. From ageless songs like “God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen” to modern tunes like ...

Look for these features in ancient Byzantine icons, mentioning for example “the Mother of God ... seen on the day he is said to have composed a truly inspirational hymn for the Feast of the Nativity.

Zaytoun, head of archive department of the Mariamite Church, in a statement to SANA explained that the church was built according to the Byzantine ... religious hymns behind the priest.