It was built as a Christian church by emperor Justinian ... to commemorate the capture of Kazan and Astrakhan. The Orthodox church, with its nine onion-shaped domes, received its colorful paint ...

Credit: Kimberlym21/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 The brightest symbol of Western Civilization, the Parthenon of Acropolis, was converted to a Christian church for almost a ... from all over Greece ...

Istanbul, Europe's largest city, is one of the best city break destinations in Turkey. The city has a mix of cultural ...

TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...

who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the Communist party in 1990. Anastasios, who was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and also head of the ...

According to the 2023 census, Orthodox Christians in Albania make up about 7% of the country’s 2.4 million population, although the church says the actual number is higher.

Anastasios, who was the Archbishop of Tirana, Durres, and All Albania and also head of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, died on Jan. 25 in Athens. He was 95.

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable 4th-century octagonal church in Armenia, shedding light on the nation's early ...

In 1631, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I commissioned the Taj Mahal to house the tomb of his favorite wife. With its symmetrical ...