You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. An error has occurred. Please try again ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Art Schallock, a left-handed pitcher who in 1951 replaced future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle on the Yankees' roster and had been the oldest living former major leaguer, has died ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Justice for victims of human trafficking in Cameroon has been impeded by social stigma, inadequate financial resources, as well as lack of clarity in the laws. During a ...

The Catechism lists seven rites. These rites so listed: Latin, Byzantine, Alexandrian, Syriac, Armenian, Maronite, and Chaldean,2 are actually families of liturgical expression. These rites are ...

The Byzantine Greeks had a Roman identity that bridged ancient Greece with modern times. Credit: Manuel Panselinos, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons The Byzantine Greeks are often misunderstood for ...

Our art critic goes room-by-room through New York’s Gilded Age house museum, reopening after nearly five years. Don’t miss the new upstairs galleries. By Holland Cotter The darkly comic ...

The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...

The wooden church of Urnes (the stavkirke) stands in the natural setting of Sogn og Fjordane. It was built in the 12th and 13th centuries and is an outstanding example of traditional Scandinavian ...

Empress Theodora with her retinue. Mosaic of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, VI century. Public Domain The position of women in Byzantine society is not easy to assess considering the vast ...

This course examines the art and architecture of the Byzantine empire from its sources in Late Antique Rome to its fall in 1453 as well as its influence in the Orthodox Christian art of Russia, Greece ...

Thuno added: “Because Rome was under Byzantine control during this period, the pope had asked the emperor under Phocas in Constantinople for permission to appropriate the building for the church. The ...

Every product is carefully selected by our editors and experts. If you buy from a link, we may earn a commission. Learn more. For more information on how we test products, click here. Enter Levi’s, ...