Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch, was found hanged in his Sunningdale home in March 2013. Born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Berezovsky converted to Russian Orthodoxy in 1994. His leap of ...

Two Russian ballistic missiles struck the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy on the morning of Palm Sunday, claiming at ...

In the silence of the desert, Matta El Maskine (1919–2006) found God—and transformed modern Coptic monasticism. His life of ...

When Xenia Nikolskaya first went to Egypt in 2006, she thought she knew what she was looking for. Born and raised in the ...

India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious centers near its ...

India Overhauls Teaching in Himalayan Buddhist Monasteries to Counter China By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India is preparing to roll out its first school curriculum for Buddhist monasteries this month, aiming to unify education programmes and foster patriotism in Himalayan religious ...

“They have been living in the temples and monasteries – but those were knocked down in the earthquake, so now they are living in the forests. They forage for food but can’t risk cooking it ...

George Coptic Church in the city of Alexandria ... The channel is also the first in Egypt that contains purely Christian contents, including church services, family programs and documentaries about ...

The powerful quake struck Mandalay as its epicenter, followed by a 6.4-magnitude aftershock. In Mandalay, several structures, including one of the city’s largest monasteries, have collapsed. In ...

Emergency teams are racing against time to rescue survivors trapped under collapsed buildings, monasteries, and mosques. The USGS has warned that the overall death toll from the disaster could exceed ...

"Around 1,690 houses, 670 monasteries, 60 schools, and three bridges are reported to be damaged, with concerns for the structural integrity of large-scale dams," the organization said. The United ...