It was used as a church in the Byzantine period. Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert canyons and rugged mountains lies an ancient treasure, the stone city of Petra. A UNESCO World Heritage Site ...

Various archeologists claim a “groundbreaking” discovery in Petra, Jordan isn’t as groundbreaking as the media made it out to ...

an apse and bishop’s chair were carved into an older Nabataean structure to transform it into a church.(Patricia M. Bikai) Under the Byzantine rulers, some inhabitants of Petra and its environs ...

193-194. The Synaxarion: The Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church, Vol. 1, by Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos Petra (Ormylia: Holy Convent of the Annunciation of Our Lady, 1998), pp. 101-102. Icon ...

Kiev held a mass to thank Constantinople for recognising the Ukrainian Church's independence The Russian Orthodox Church has cut ties with the Church leadership in Istanbul, the Constantinople ...

AMMAN — The Romanian Orthodox Church on Friday held its annual pilgrimage ... the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. The event also featured the presence of Greek Orthodox Archbishop and ...

Focused on musically enhancing the liturgical texts of the Greek Orthodox Church, it is inextricably linked with spiritual life and religious workshop. It is an exclusively vocal music and employs ...

Adapted from The Synaxarion: The Lives of the Saints of the Orthodox Church, Vol. 4, compiled by Hieromonk Makarios of Simonos Petra and translated from the French by Mother Maria Rule and Mother ...

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

Long wanting to visit Petra, the ancient Nabatean ... The most well-known is a large Byzantine mosaic map of the Holy Land ...

Questions surrounding the state of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Ukraine and its links to the Kremlin have made it descend from the spiritual realm into a fierce political arena replete with ...