Members of the Russian Orthodox Christian Church welcomed the bishop of Syracuse to the new temple in Winfield on Wednesday morning. Bishop Luke of Syracuse, abbot of Holy Trinity Monastery and rector ...

Scotland Now Museums Ancient Viking crystal jar buried over 1,000 years ago to go on public display in Scotland The Viking hoard was buried in around AD 900 and contains extraordinary items ...

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Last summer, leaders representing 11 global religions, from eastern faiths including Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism and ...

The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies uniting one woman and one man dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. Over the next several hundred years, marriage evolved into a widespread ...

Jenny Jochens, a historian of medieval Iceland who taught at Towson University, died in her sleep of old-age complications on July 7 at Roland Park Place. She was 97. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, she ...

Scams aren't just a modern problem - people were running cons all the way back in the Middle Ages. In this video, we uncover ...

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

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St. Michael’s Sword” is a line that follows the locations of seven sanctuaries dedicated to St. Michael the Archangel from ...

To those who feel nerves before attending a party or have to overcome a sense of anxiety before guests arrive, medieval ...