Daily Prayers with Decomposing Corpses: Death Chairs at Aragonese Castle
The Aragonese Castle is a castle built on top of a rocky islet next to Ischia, a small Italian island on the northern end of the Gulf of Naples. Whilst a stronghold is said to have already been built during Classical times, much of the present structure dates to the Middle Ages. The Aragonese Castle…
Christians Supplied Medieval Pagans with Horses for Sacrifice for Funeral Rituals
In the late medieval period, pagans in the Baltic region of northern Europe imported horses from neighboring Christian nations for use in funeral rituals, according to a study. Horse sacrifices were highly visible and symbolic public rites across pagan prehistoric Europe, persisting the latest among the Baltic tribes, up to the 14th century AD. Offering pits might…
Most visited pilgrims sites in the world
Pilgrimage has been a significant part of human civilization, binding cultures, religions, and races across continents. It's a spiritual voyage that millions undertake each year, seeking solace, answers, or simply an intimate encounter with their faith. What are the  pilgrimage destinations you must visit, and why are these places so revered? River Ganges Photo…

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Stages of restoration Jesus Christ’s Tomb from National Geographic

Over the centuries, Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre has suffered violent attacks, fires, and earthquakes. It was totally destroyed…

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УАПЦ. Літургія та хресна хода у Києві (Україна) +Video

  Фото: Олександр Дулько‎ 24 липня  у день  рівноапостольної княгині Ольги духовенство та віряни УАПЦ відслужили Божественну Літургію та піднесли молитви…

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Canyons and Caves Preserve a Tradition from Early Christianity in Lebanon. Video

Ouadi Qadisha UNESCO World Heritage site. Ouadi Qadisha, is a gorge that lies within the Becharre and Zgharta Districts of…

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Храми Мюнхена. Церква Св. Михаїла.

Єзуїтська церква Святого Михаїла на Нойхаузерштрассе у Мюнхені, -  одна з головних цитаделей Контрреформації. Храм почали будувати в 1583 році,…

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: “As the Mother Church, it is reasonable to desire the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in Ukraine”

Head of the Eastern Orthodox Church Patriarch Bartholomew I. Photo by Massimo Finizio, Wikipedia Commons.   His All-Holiness expressed the…

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Historical Churches in Iran

The majority of churches in Iran that possess historical and artistic value were built around the eight century A.H. or…

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The Spanish monk who built cathedral from scrap

As a young man, he joined a Trappist monastery but had to leave in 1961, after eight years, when he…

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The Great Lavra of St. Sabas. Judean Desert, Palestine

Photo: photito.com The Great Lavra of St. Sabas, known in Arabic as Mar Saba, is a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking…

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Family of six carried out bombings at three churches in Surabaya (Indonesia’s East Java province)

 Bombings at three churches in Surabaya, in Indonesia's East Java province, during Sunday mass on May 13 have left at…

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