Constantine XI Palaiologos's rule as Byzantine Emperor was brief, and his death coincided with the fall of Constantinople.

In October, a group of us embarked on a trip to unveil Syunik’s treasures in the villages of Angeghakot, Aghitu, Lor and ...

The figure is described as an "earthly figure, a mature man with a thin face and individualized features, who exudes ...

Etymologically, monastery is derived from the Greek ... stopping in awe before a massive rock wall reminiscent of a Picasso ...

In the Catholicon of the Old Monastery of Taxiarches in Aigialeia, just 15 kilometers from Aigio, two layers of frescoes of ...

Encaustic painting was a technique of painting with colored molten wax that originated in Ancient Greece. Over the following ...

There are numerous stunning monasteries around the world, but none quite match the reputation of Nepal’s most revered ...

President Rebelo de Sousa, Mr President, it is my great honour to welcome you and your delegation to the city of The Hague. And to one of its most beautiful venues: the Mauritshuis. As an art lover, ...

The Vatican has suppressed the Carmelite Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, following a long-running controversy in which the prioress was found guilty of having broken her ...

Following the first raid, another raid was carried out at a monastery on Nov. 23 in the province of Phichit. According to the Bangkok Post, some monks had alerted the authorities to the Pa Nakhon ...

A Buddhist monastery in Thailand is under investigation after authorities discovered more than 40 bodies on site which were allegedly used for meditation practices, police said Sunday. Forty-one ...

Forty-one bodies have been found inside a Buddhist monastery in Thailand where they were allegedly being used in meditation practices. Police are now trying to identify the cadavers discovered on ...