The Feast commemorates the finding of the True Cross of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by Saint Helen, the mother of the Emperor Constantine. In the twentieth year of his reign (326), the Emperor ...

the sign of the Cross appeared over Jerusalem. Saint Cyril, in his letter to the Emperor Constantius, says, "At about the third hour of the day, an enormous Cross, formed of light, appeared in the ...

According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by the mother of the emperor Constantine, St. Helen, on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 326. A fifth century account describes this ...

The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, ordered a reorganization of the diocese's geographical divisions -- a series of "sectors ...

Jerusalem, the holy city, holds a unique and profound significance ... Moreover, the Via Dolorosa, the path Jesus is believed to have walked with the cross, is a significant pilgrimage route ...

The holy city of Jerusalem lies at the heart of the Christian ... to take down the Armenian patriarchate flag, which bears a cross. The incident later resulted, he says, in his friends being ...

Jerusalem, the city of gold, the city of light. Thousands of books have been written about it, each depositing another tile ...

A relic of Saint Francis of Assisi’s blood will be carried to the Holy Land September 30-October 5 as Franciscan friars and ...

Hundreds were injured in the violence, after days of friction over a Jerusalem holy site boiled over. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas said he was freezing all contacts with Israel amid unrest ...

Two Northern California tattoo artists were among the volunteers who traveled to Israel this summer to offer their services ...

The best times to visit Jerusalem are April ... However, make sure to cross-check your travel dates with major Jewish celebrations such as the High Holy Days, Sukkot, and Passover.

But, as we can see from the continued rocket fire, the only way to achieve a diplomatic solution that will enable the return ...