Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the ...

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly ... who then carry them around the church while following an ...

In this view, the fountain at the Annunciation scene of the apocryphal writings of St. James has a profound meaning. It can be a sign of Christ’s Incarnation in Mary’s womb.1 To this day, the Greek ...

Russian diplomats accessed a private area of Parliament in a security breach last December, it has emerged. A small group of officials broke off a public tour just before Christmas to enter a ...

A recent incident involving a Russian cargo vessel loitering near critical undersea communication cables in the Pacific Ocean has raised concerns. For weeks, Vasily Shukshin drifted off Taiwan's ...

The 32-year-old, from Melbourne, was serving with Ukrainian forces when he was captured by Russian troops last year. A video emerged in December which showed a visibly shaken Mr Jenkins with his ...

The Russian Defense Ministry said that it launched a strike on “critically important facilities of gas and energy infrastructure that ensure the functioning of Ukraine’s military industrial ...

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