Mar Georges Younan. Mar Georges III Younan, who was born in Iraq but lived his entire life in the United States, has been elected patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East. The Church is an Eastern ...

Nuns wandered sprawling gardens as caretakers tended to blossoming flowers. Inside, some nuns visited with family members in a small room. At least that’s what experts think life was like at Beaumont ...

Turkey has converted the ancient Chora church in Istanbul into a mosque, following a similar move with Hagia Sophia. Chora, originally a church dating back to the 4th century, became a mosque under ...

KEMPLEY, England – I’m lost in a world of hedges. The narrow lanes crowd in. I drive ever slower, looking for a signpost. Just as I think I’m lost, a squat, square tower and a weather vane peep above ...

The history and legacy of Mark is revisited in African tradition and contested in Western historiography in this thorough account of the saint's life and influence. Largely regarded as a shadow figure ...