Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 ...

The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.

The monastery is one of 20 in the autonomous all-male monastic community of Mount Athos, known in Greek as Agion Oros, or ...

The big issue here is what that cross necklace means when it is worn by blonde women who are members of the Donald Trump team. Is this a matter of religious faith or political identity?

Meghan Markle is under fire after admitting she’s had a nanny for five years — just weeks after saying being a working mother ...

But cross necklaces and pendants have been in vogue before and may be again as some feel more comfortable embracing their faith and seek community with others. On red carpets, on social media ...

Credit: MIHAIL, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Have you ever noticed how Catholics and Orthodox Christians cross themselves differently? It’s not random; it’s a fascinating result of a ...

Following the death of Pope Francis at the age of 88 on April 21, 2025, social media users in Greece began re-sharing fabricated images that purportedly showed him wrapped in an LGBTQ pride flag.

Later the archives were expanded to include files compiled by the Allies, as well as correspondence between the Red Cross and the Nazi ... “She will wear it as a pendant and then pass it on ...

He wooed President George W. Bush, early in his first term, by regaling the born-again Christian with a story about how his mother’s Orthodox cross was supposedly rescued from a fire in her dacha.

A year or so after I started wearing it, Russia invaded. When I gaze on the Orthodox Cross that now hangs around my neck, I reflect on the heroism and suffering of the Ukrainian people.

A cross pendant created by the star of sitcom The Vicar of Dibley is being auctioned later this month. The jewellery was designed as part of the ‘Dazzler Campaign’ where celebrities such as Dawn ...