Each of these 11 titles reveals another facet of Mary, the Mother of Jesus — Theotokos, New Eve, Ark of the Covenant, Handmaid of the Lord. In the end, every Marian image points to the same radiant ...

The Orthodox Church commemorates the Feast Day of Saint Catherine (Agia Ekaterini) of Alexandria, annually on November 25th ...

Sharm El Sheikh is the ultimate winter sun holiday destination without the jet lag - The last few years haven’t been easy for ...

The last few years haven’t been easy for this holiday hotspot, says Sarah Marshall, but now is the time to book ...

Built between the 9th and 7th centuries BC, the Fortress of Van overlooks the modern-day city of the same name and the ruins of ancient Tushpa, former capital of the Urartian Kingdom. Skilled Urartian ...

The monastery's council of monks appointed Papadopoulos following an election held on 14 September. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Greece's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexandra Papadopoulou, ...

There was a magic to the mountain, the fortress, the olive trees when I visited St. Catherine for the first time. I trudged up a long road with my friends that leads to the monastery gate. We passed ...

Greece's PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced on Thursday that the status of the ancient St. Catherine's Monastery, located at the base of Egypt's Mount Sinai, has been secured following an agreement ...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said Thursday that the religious character of St Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, Egypt, will be “preserved forever” following the launch of “intensive” ...

The MEP stresses in his statements from Brussels that the ownership of the Monastery of Saint Catherine has been undisturbed for 1,600 years Informed by MEP and member of the Security and Defence ...

Greece, Egypt agree future of Mount Sinai monastery, Greek PM says Greece said on Thursday it had agreed with Egypt on the future of St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Egypt's Mount Sinai, one of ...