Religion: Early Christian Altar; Religion: Early Christian Altar. 1 minute read. TIME. August 7, 1944 12:00 AM GMT-4. S t. ... Its altar is set in the center of the church (see cut), ...

The early Christian church at Amheida, looking northeast. The steps up to the altar can be seen toward the back, plastered in white. NYU Excavations at Amheida.

News; Weird News; Archaeology; Lost crusader altar discovered in Church of the Holy Sepulchre 'where Jesus' was crucified A group of archaeologists working in the Christian Quarter of the Old City ...

Altar societies, sometimes called altar guilds, are ministries of service, often taken for granted and under appreciated by those who don't know what all goes in to tending the beauty, peace and ...

CNA Newsroom, Jul 17, 2024 / 14:05 pm. Researchers have unearthed a Crusader-era altar in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a serendipitous discovery that sounds straight out of an ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the ...

Historians believe that the altar in Jerusalem was created with the pope’s blessing to honor Christianity’s holiest church and support Christianity’s claim to the city, which Crusaders had ...

Metropolitan Joseph, leader of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, consecrates St. Xenia Church in Payson in LDS-dominated Utah County.

From 65 feet above the altar, ... — Vladimir Grygorenko is decorating the dome of a North Texas Christian Orthodox Church with an iconic representation of the ascension of Christ.