Under the ominous shadows of war, the devastation and the pain, Easter in the land of Christ will not be the same this year. To the dismay of the thousands of Christian faithful, from various parts of ...

In January, I made a solidarity visit to our siblings in the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem, bringing with me the love and support of the Anglican Church of Canada. The situation faced by Palestinian ...

In 'The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa,' the spiritual and sexual collide. Gian Lorenzo Bernini, The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa (1645 and 1652). Cornaro Chapel at the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome. In Gian ...

This year’s annual Holy Fire ceremony, which precedes Orthodox Easter, took place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on April 19. The ceremony began at 10:15 a.m. Jerusalem time, which ...

Rossella Tercatin is The Times of Israel's archaeology and religions reporter. Some 2,000 years ago, olive trees and grapevines likely grew on the land where the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in ...

Two of the chariots from the stunning mosaic. The two charioteers are called Kosmion and Protogenis and their horse groups are called Pegaso (for Kosmion) and Polytalanto (for Protogenis). Public ...

For a press tour of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the Church of the Resurrection, the Mother of churches, site of the last four stations of the Cross – you must apply to the ...

This week marks the anniversary of when the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a prominent Christian holy site believed to mark where Jesus Christ was buried, was destroyed by a Muslim ruler. Fatimid ...

The Orthodox Christian ceremony, which is attended by Catholics and other Christians, as well, has been held continuously since at least 1106. The "Holy Fire" is passed from inside Christ's tomb to ...

The Resurrection is the most important day in the entire Catholic calendar: hence, the proclamation of the Christian Faith: “Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again.!” Standing in ...

If you were asked to describe our world in one word, would you choose the word “peaceful”? I’m guessing there are a lot of other words that come to mind before peaceful. Your list may include words ...