“And so, to pray with an icon is to sit as if you’re looking through a window to the saint who has gone before us.” It was one day, while Father Higginbotham was praying near an image of St. John the ...

The miraculous image, Protectress of the Roman People, is perhaps the best loved and honored Marian icon in Rome, Italy. It is located in the Cappella Paolina of Saint Mary Major Basilica ... Lady ...

While visiting the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Guida experienced “the poetry of pure contemplation, in which absence is presence." ...

The body of Saint John the Baptist was buried in the Samaritan city of Sebaste. The holy Evangelist Luke, who went preaching ... part of the Life-Creating Cross and the Philermos Icon (October 12) of ...

The nave of Saint Mark’s Basilica, where the real tomb of Alexander ... After this, in about the year 400, John Chrysostom visited Alexandria with the intention of visiting Alexander’s tomb. However, ...

The best ways to get around Saint John are on foot and by car. Many of the city's most popular attractions can be found within its concentrated uptown and are within walking distance of one another.

Narsai was a poet, saint and spiritual writer in ancient ... that is, the Word of God. John the Evangelist set the ball rolling with: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with ...

This elaborate church sits on the popular piazza by the same name. The church was built in honor of St. Mark the Evangelist, whose remains were stolen in Alexandria, Egypt, by a couple crafty ...

A tiny village in northeastern Spain was shocked to discover that a mystery “saint” had appeared in their church that bore a remarkable likeness to a local businessman. It emerged that Eduardo ...

A plan to reduce the red tape developers face is moving forward as part of Saint John's efforts to tackle its housing shortage. Council voted Monday night to change how the zoning bylaw is ...

A Saint John woman charged with first-degree murder in connection with the discovery of human remains in a wooded area near Lorneville last summer will face a preliminary inquiry in March ...