Greek orthodox

This past fall I had the opportunity to visit a construction project that is nothing short of a miracle. I saw a group of mostly volunteers and amateurs, working with small donations, building a ch…

is a monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch located in Saidnaya, Syria. It is one of the most ancient monasteries in the world and in the region of the Middle East and North Africa, traditionally held to have been founded by Byzantine emperor Justinian I in 547 AD. It is run by a religious order of nuns. It is an important pilgrimage site for Christians and Muslims, who visit an icon of Saint Mary which is attributed to Saint Luke.

Over 20 years after the original was destroyed in the 9/11 attacks, Santiago Calatrava designs a beacon for reflection

"When you’re a journalist who works and lives in Jerusalem, you know that religious conflict is an important story," writes Thomas Coex, AFP's chief photographer for Israel and the Palestinian Territories. "There’s so much tension here. You see it every day. We’re never far from a new conflict throughout the whole city."

Greek Orthodox priest at church at Jacobs Well in Israel

To be human is to constantly strive, despite repeated failings, to ascend on the ladder, as we say, toward God, toward theosis – and to seek to raise oneself toward the heavenly in all things, in a…

St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona