The Orthodox Church, a cornerstone of Georgian ... This would mark a first in the history of Eastern Churches. Never since the Great Schism of 1054 have religion and politics been intertwined ...

Pope John Paul II made history by becoming the first leader of the Vatican to visit Greece in nearly 1300 years.

Orthodox Christianity and Islam emerged as much bigger geopolitical threats than Judaism to Catholic western Europe. Judaism receded to the periphery of monotheistic West Eurasia (to use the sensible ...

Manuel, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was an Eastern Orthodox Christian, loyal to the Patriarch of Constantinople ... In the four centuries between the so-called ‘Great Schism’ and Manuel’s arrival ...

Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene, at the Vatican (photo credit: REMO CASSILI/REUTERS) A nativity scene featuring baby Jesus wrapped in a keffiyeh was unveiled at Pope Francis ...

Sacred Wounds is one of the puzzles under the Vatican in the game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Our guide describes how to discover the 5 hints under the frescoes and how to correctly set the ...

Also, in their weekly liturgical cycle, which dedicates different days of the week to Jesus Christ and ... not long after the Great Schism of Catholics and Orthodox in 1054 A.D. Accounts differ ...

As you dive into the secrets of Vatican City, one of the first major puzzles you’ll be faced with is one involving the portrait of Jesus on the ... Jones and the Great Circle.

Peter’s Chapel, a Catholic chapel in Lucerne, Switzerland, partnered with researchers to install a digital version of “Jesus” in a confessional — an experiment called “Deus in Machina ...

These four books tell us about the arrival of the Messiah who is Jesus the Christ. Of these four books ... (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, ...

Most people are familiar with the story of Jesus Christ’s birth. Come Christmastime, Nativity scenes in towns and churches routinely display symbols from the Biblical story like mangers, donkeys, and ...