Ouadi Qadisha UNESCO World Heritage site.
Ouadi Qadisha, is a gorge that lies within the Becharre and Zgharta Districts of the North Governorate of Lebanon. The valley was carved by the Kadisha River, also known as the Nahr Abu Ali when it reaches Tripoli.
Kadisha means “Holy” in Aramaic, and the valley,…
Єзуїтська церква Святого Михаїла на Нойхаузерштрассе у Мюнхені, – одна з головних цитаделей Контрреформації .
Храм почали будувати в 1583 році, але будівництво перервалося падінням однієї з веж, так що собор був освячений тільки в 1597 році. Однак доля все одно не пощадила храм – в листопаді 1944 року він був…
Head of the Eastern Orthodox Church Patriarch Bartholomew I. Photo by Massimo Finizio, Wikipedia Commons.
His All-Holiness expressed the Ecumenical Throne’s unabating interest for the healing of the Ukrainian ecclesiastical problem and the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in that country during his address in the Chamber of the Throne,…
The majority of churches in Iran that possess historical and artistic value were built around the eight century A.H. or the 14th century AD, and the period thereafter. Of course, this does not mean that there were no churches existing in the country before that period.
During the reign of Shah Abbas,…
As a young man, he joined a Trappist monastery but had to leave in 1961, after eight years, when he contracted tuberculosis and his health deteriorated in the monastic regime. He began to build a cathedral on a plot of land he had inherited from his parents. He had promised that if he recovered from…
Located 50 km from Damascus in the direction of Lebanon is the magnificent village of Maalula (also spelled Maaloula), Syria. Maalula is the only place in the world that still speaks Aramaic, the language of Jesus.
Photo: CONVENT OF ST. THECLA (DEIR MAR TAKLA)/kirikou.com
Maalula is a predominantly Christian village…
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At 1190 m altitude, 2 km above the museum, the monastery can only…
An unmounted albumen print showing the catacombs of the Capuchin monks at Palermo in Sicily. Photographed by Giuseppe Incorpora (1834-1914) of Palermo, whose career as a photographer began in the 1860’s. He was later joined in the business by his sons, Francesco, Giovanni, and Salvatore. The studio is the subject of a…
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For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and…
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All Ethiopian Christians observe the Easter Holiday. The Easter is a widely celebrated occasion throughout the country. Ethiopia follows the Julian calendar to determine Easter dates.
Ethiopia, the oldest independent nation in Africa, is…