Excavation in Israel revealed a Byzantine monastery and farmhouse, highlighting the spiritual and practical lives of desert ...

Without organized traditional religion, Americans are inclined to fill the void with something far worse than “love thy neighbor.” ...

MANILA, Philippines — A House lawmaker wants a national registry and accreditation system created for churches, sects, and religious groups to protect Filipinos against those who only want to ...

Asceticism is the practice of denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal, often ...

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...

The Balkan Peninsula, a crucial crossroads between Europe and Asia, has a storied history marked by the rise of the Byzantine Empire and the iron grip of the Ottoman Empire. From the conquest of the ...

which focused on religious themes and now adorn several locations throughout Europe and beyond. These elements make the Byzantine Empire and its often misunderstood role in European history ever more ...

But the Byzantine-era grave held another surprise ... After Christianity became the main religion of the Roman Empire in A.D. 380, there was a surge of new monasteries and asceticism, in which ...

Santhara wey dem dey also call sallekhana na practice wey some followers of di Jain religion dey perform. E involve to give up food and water and embrace death. No be really one fundamental ...

The grand 45-day Maha Kumbh, one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, concludes today with the final sacred dip at the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, and the mythical Saraswati in Prayagraj.

A sweeping census on the state of American religion reveals a less sensational tale of Christianity in decline and a rise of the religiously unaffiliated compared to a decade ago. Pew Research ...