“The history of mankind is carried on the back of a horse” is a saying that holds true for the Roman Empire, which expanded ...

The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his ...

Each elector swears an oath to protect the church’s freedom and the secrecy of the conclave. As the last oath is complete, ...

Pope Francis had expressed the desire to be buried in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, a fifth-century church in Rome.

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ...

Mihailo Tolotos, born in 1856, lived an extraordinary life of isolation on Mount Athos, a Greek monastery where women are ...

Seven beloved Greek celebrities, icons in music, film, and television, met untimely ends in tragic road accidents. From Mad ...

Watch Lofty Pursuits create a stunning Greek flag image candy using expert candy-making techniques.

Over 1,700 years ago, the ancient Greek Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, proposed an entirely different theory. He argued that it’s not life events that upset us, but our thoughts about them.

operated a fleet of modern funeral cars and never turned away a deserving case. At the age of 85, Frazier died from pneumonia. Though Frazier’s life ended on Dec. 19, 1959, within the very walls ...

Apart from the numerous impressive historical landmarks in Greece, the country boasts several ... representation of an almost fully intact ancient city. The ruins are a complex layout of roads, houses ...