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Romania’s Grand New Cathedral, World’s Largest, Draws Massive Influx
Maria Rusu and her husband traveled all night from Cluj to Bucharest to visit Romania's new national cathedral, the largest Orthodox Christian church in...
Holy geopolitical maneuvers: The Jerusalem Patriarchate between Moscow and Constantinople
The Patriarchate of Jerusalem is one of the most ancient thrones of Christianity. Its prestige lies in its uninterrupted custodianship of the Holy Land,...
St. Catherine’s Monastery at Sinai: A Power Game of Ecclesiastical Influence
The announcement of Archbishop Damianos’ resignation from St. Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai, after decades of leadership, has brought to light more than an internal...
The death of Christian diplomacy: Theology meets geopolitics in Damascus
On the morning of June 22, 2025, during the Divine Liturgy, a suicide bomber entered the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Elijah in Damascus....
Saint Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai: A crucible of soft power in the Orthodox East
Saint Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai, perched amid the stark landscape of the Sinai Peninsula, is more than a monument of Christian antiquity. It stands...
A New Pope is Elected — A Man of the People
It was 6 AM local time in Rome when white smoke was seen pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney. The waiting crowds outside St....
The Shifting Relationship Between the Catholic Church and China
The introduction of Christianity from the Eastern Roman Empire to China dates back to the ninth year of Emperor Taizong during the Tang dynasty,...
Will the Middle East see the establishment of a Druze-Christian state?
In the wake of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) takeover of Syria and the downfall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime, Syria’s Druze...
The Hope in the Jubilee Year 2025
The Jubilee Year 2025, a profoundly significant event in the Catholic calendar, commenced on December 24th, 2024. It marks a unique and profound spiritual...
The quest for religious reform goes global
For more than two decades, jihadists took pride in place as symbols of extremism and illustrations of the need for religious reform. They made...