Every year on the Jewish High Holidays I send you an edited version of my High Holiday sermon. The differences between this one and the one I preached is that this one lacks some jokes, but on the ...

Archaeologists in Israel have discovered an ancient altar honoring the Greek god Pan, the deity of flocks and shepherds, but whoever inscribed it botched the job. The inscriber basically ran out of ...

The altar's inscription suggests pilgrims traveled great distances to reach the religious site. Jonathan Orlin / Israel Nature and Parks Authority Researchers excavating a Byzantine church in northern ...

The Greek traveler, Pausanias, living in the second century, CE, would probably recognize the spectacular site of the Sanctuary of Zeus at Mt. Lykaion, and particularly the altar of Zeus. At 4,500 ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The high altar at the basilica of Saints Peter and Paul is constructed of ...

Efrat, Israel — “You shall not climb up My altar with steps, so that your nakedness will not be revealed on it.” (Ex. 20:22) In the time when the Torah was given, all religions were intimately ...

THE scriptures tell us that King David, the man after God’s heart, committed murder, and took the wife of the victim of his murder. God sent his prophet to rebuke the King and he effectively ...

Such, at least, is what I tell myself and my people who are spiritually stressed that the doors of their churches are closed, their altars forbidden. It is a bitter truth. Bitter because it proves the ...

Ever since starting to serve in 5th grade, altar serving has always held such a special place in my heart. Being up at the altar is something I believe very few people know the true specialness of. By ...

Every year on the Jewish High Holidays I send you an edited version of my High Holiday sermon. The differences between this one and the one I preached is that this one lacks some jokes, but on the ...