The tomb of a saint is set to be opened in a Catholic ritual that began 1,870 years ago when a man was burned at the stake ...

Two large-scale icon paintings dominated the sanctuary of New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral, during its Sts.

The best account we have is the Life of St. Patrick by a scholar named Muirchú. This hagiography–or biography of a saint–was ...

TROY — More than a concert, Albany Pro Musica’s performance on Sunday was an extraordinary communal gathering and a cathartic ...

STAMFORD BRIDGE — Cole Palmer looked up to see his number on the board, then didn’t look up again. As Wesley Fofana thanked ...

In antiquity, statues were worshiped. As religions developed and faiths were defined in Biblical texts and commentaries, ...

To investigate this question, a team of European researchers analyzed seven severed heads from two archaeological sites in ...

Dozens of goo-goo-eyed groupies waited in the freezing temps outside a Manhattan courthouse for hours Friday to try to get a seat at a hearing for alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione.

According to him, they stem from Mexican traditions, particularly in the veneration of the dead. "When you study the origin of tattoos, there's a lot of history in Mexico. It has ties to veneration ...

Portraiture has long been treated as a minor branch of Chinese art history, understood for its functional role in ancestor veneration but rarely considered along stylistic or intellectual lines. This ...

Originating from an ancient Chinese lunar calendar, the Lunar New Year celebrates the veneration of deities, ancestors, and relatives who have passed away. While this holiday is secular ...