This year’s Easter celebrations in the Holy Land are expected to unfold under a complex and emotional landscape as war ...

Each year, the Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem leads the Holy Fire ceremony. He enters the Edicule, a small shrine within the Holy Sepulchre encasing Christ’s ...

Orthodox Christians have gathered at the Holy Sepulcher Church in Jerusalem on Great Saturday, to attend the Holy Fire ...

Abuna Yemata Guh, a remote and ancient church in a very difficult to access location The Sanctuary of the Virgin of the Crown ...

From the location of the “place of skulls” to ancient Jewish burial rites, here’s what archaeologists do—and don’t—know about ...

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the ...

Archaeological excavations launched in 2022 in the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem have yielded significant data ...

Christian worshipers pray at the Stone of Anointing at the Catholic Washing of the Feet ceremony during Easter Holy Week, at ...

Members of the Church believe that the act is also symbolic of selflessness and compassion, commemorating the Last Supper.

The early results from a long-awaited excavation of the quarry beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are nothing short of ...

Pope Francis has designated 2025 a Jubilee year in the Catholic Church, and NJ travel agencies hope a fragile ceasefire in ...

Easter Sunday is the most joyous day in the Christian calendar. On a recent trip to Israel we had the pleasure of visiting ...