A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in ...

JESUS and Virgin Mary statues have been left looking like ... Although the priest initially wanted to cover the painting up, tourists flocked to the Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja to see ...

For over 200 years, villagers in southern Poland have paid homage to a roadside shrine depicting Jesus and the Virgin Mary. But now locals ... of a 120-year-old painting which became dubbed ...

When Xenia Nikolskaya first went to Egypt in 2006, she thought she knew what she was looking for. Born and raised in the ...

The works were by contemporary Greek artist Christoforos Katsadiotis ... embossed metal sheets featuring depictions of the Virgin Mary and child, Saint Michael vanquishing Satan, and Saint ...

The Gospels of Matthew and Luke both assert that Mary conceived Jesus as a virgin. But while Luke tells the story without ...

Throughout the church, a prominent theme is Mary’s fiat, her “Yes” to God. Praying before the altar in the cave, one can’t ...

Estimated to be more than 100 years old, the mosaic took pride of place at the entrance to the former Chorlton Convent High School for Girls. The school, a former convent on High Lane in Chorlton, ...

A folklorist explains the prehistoric origins of the mythical Easter Bunny and why this longstanding cultural symbol keeps ...

It features Mary with her hands up to symbolise the “Don’t shoot” signal that Brown is believed to have made as he faced the officer’s gun. Where Our Lady, Mother of Ferguson’s womb should be, there ...

The First Saturday Book Sale, which supports the Shankill Day Care Centre (SOFA), Lower Road, Shankill, takes place on the ...

Images of Mary and Christ are plentiful, as are images of them sitting in a rose garden. Since most of the population from ...