a ridge just east of Jerusalem's Old City. The hill was named for the olive groves that once grew there, and in the Christian New Testament it is where Jesus gathered his disciples before ...

While on a class trip to the historic Ein Karem village in Jerusalem, Israel ... Ein Karem is where the New Testament places the birth of John the Baptist, and where the text says his mother ...

A reminder of the devotion of Christian pilgrims coming to the Holy Land in the footsteps of their tradition was recently ...

Jerusalem is home to many mysterious discoveries from some of the world's earliest organized societies, but this large ...

A preliminary creed was penned to spell out the orthodox belief, which was then refined at the Council of Constantinople in ...

Her long-unpublished novel was the culmination of a years-long fascination. What does it reveal about her fraught views on ...

However, venturing beyond the major cities where many olim (immigrants) tend to settle – Tel Aviv, Jerusalem ... Her search took her through the New Testament and local indigenous religions ...

Amidst the struggles and the backdrop of a mixed-religious family—his father a Muslim and his mother a Christian—the seeds of ...

Broadcaster and TV personality Rogan made the comment on his podcast while discussing a famous ancient artifact.

At his request the high priest sent seventy two scholars (six from each of the twelve tribes) from Jerusalem ... The New Testament is St. Jerome's revision of the Old Latin text made with the ...

Many Eastern Orthodox churches are built to face east while all the church buildings of the Eastern Coptic church are designed to face east ( St. Mark’s in Alexandria is one). Buildings obtained from ...

The first three hostages released from Gaza arrived in Israel on Sunday for tearful reunions with families, hours after the ...