Saint Cyril of Alexandria was born about the year 376 in Egypt, then part of the Roman empire. From 412 until his death in 444 he served as Patriarch of Alexandria, where the last remnants of ...

By opening a jar entrusted to her by the gods, Pandora becomes the instrument of their vengeance against rebellious humans and unleashes a torrent of plagues upon her fellow mortals. This misogynistic ...

A few weeks ago, VTDigger published a piece by Erin Petenko titled “Vermont’s Pagans find Comfort and Creativity in new Surge of Interest in Paganism.” It was an interesting read ...

Jesus taught a different kind of altruism, the altruism that is not based only on those socially and biologically related to ...

“’The Steal’ is the answer. This is how you want to live. When the moment comes along, you want to make that one move, that one gesture that will make everything else fall in place.” — Christian ...

The Monastery of Panagia Yiatrissa (“Mary the Healer”) in Kastania, on the slopes of Taygetus, is traditionally believed to stand on the ruins of an ancient temple dedicated to Athena. In villages ...

A newly analyzed Greek inscription indicates that the Great Mosque of Homs likely stands on the site of the Roman Temple of the Sun, revealing a layered history of pagan, Christian, and Islamic ...

The names of the days in Greek represent a historical shift, with Christian traditions deliberately overwriting the pagan calendar.

A mysterious inscription within the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria is raising new questions over the location of the Roman ...

Readers respond to a guest essay on the president’s behavior and the ancient roots of human dignity and compassion.

A newly examined Greek inscription uncovered inside Homs’ Great Mosque of al-Nuri is reopening an old argument with big implications: does the mosque sit directly over the long-lost Elagabalus Temple, ...

It’s an explosion of color that takes place every Clean Monday, an Orthodox Christian holiday marking the start of Lent, the 40-day period of fasting that ends on the Easter holiday, and the end of ...