The third largest mosque in the world was inaugurated in Algeria
It’s also Africa’s largest, but critics view the mosque as a vanity project for a former president who tried to name it after himself. Al Jazeera reports. Cars drive past the Djamaa El-Djazair or the Great Mosque of Algiers [Anis Belghoul/AP Photo] Algeria has inaugurated the world’s third-largest and Africa’s largest mosque,…
Sensation!? Egypt’s Oldest Papyri Detail Great Pyramid Construction
CHRISTOPHER KLEIN Egypt’s oldest papyrus fragments, which detail the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza, have gone on public display in Cairo. In 2013, a joint team of French and Egyptian archaeologists discovered a remarkable find in a cave at the ancient Red Sea port of Wadi el-Jarf—hundreds of inscribed papyrus fragments that…
Brazil: 9,000-year-old Human Skeletons and Over 100,000 Artifacts
Surveyors in Brazil were appraising a site identified for the building of a new apartment complex. However, they downed tools, and called in archaeologists when they started finding bones and shards of pottery. Now, a multi-layered archaeological site has been revealed which has yielded 43 human skeletons and in excess of 100,000 artifacts. …

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Stages of restoration Jesus Christ’s Tomb from National Geographic

Over the centuries, Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre has suffered violent attacks, fires, and earthquakes. It was totally destroyed…

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УАПЦ. Літургія та хресна хода у Києві (Україна) +Video

  Фото: Олександр Дулько‎ 24 липня  у день  рівноапостольної княгині Ольги духовенство та віряни УАПЦ відслужили Божественну Літургію та піднесли молитви…

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Canyons and Caves Preserve a Tradition from Early Christianity in Lebanon. Video

Ouadi Qadisha UNESCO World Heritage site. Ouadi Qadisha, is a gorge that lies within the Becharre and Zgharta Districts of…

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Храми Мюнхена. Церква Св. Михаїла.

Єзуїтська церква Святого Михаїла на Нойхаузерштрассе у Мюнхені, -  одна з головних цитаделей Контрреформації. Храм почали будувати в 1583 році,…

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Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: “As the Mother Church, it is reasonable to desire the restoration of unity for the divided ecclesiastical body in Ukraine”

Head of the Eastern Orthodox Church Patriarch Bartholomew I. Photo by Massimo Finizio, Wikipedia Commons.   His All-Holiness expressed the…

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Historical Churches in Iran

The majority of churches in Iran that possess historical and artistic value were built around the eight century A.H. or…

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The Spanish monk who built cathedral from scrap

As a young man, he joined a Trappist monastery but had to leave in 1961, after eight years, when he…

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The Great Lavra of St. Sabas. Judean Desert, Palestine

Photo: photito.com The Great Lavra of St. Sabas, known in Arabic as Mar Saba, is a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking…

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Family of six carried out bombings at three churches in Surabaya (Indonesia’s East Java province)

 Bombings at three churches in Surabaya, in Indonesia's East Java province, during Sunday mass on May 13 have left at…

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Church of Santo Domingo, Quito. Ecuador.

  Photo: galapagosworld.wordpress.com The Church and Convent of Santo Domingo are located in the historic downtown of Quito, in the…

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