JERUSALEM (RNS) The tens of thousands of Christians who visited the Church of the Holy Sepulchre this month got a special Easter treat: the chance to view the newly cleaned and restored mosaic that ...

The “Place of the Skull”, Calvary, Golgotha is the epicenter of Christianity and our “holy of holies”; indeed, the spiritual center of the entire universe, for this is the spot where our Lord and ...

A heated debate over the exact location of Jesus' crucifixion has reignited, with Christians, scholars, and faith leaders divided over the true site of Golgotha. Golgotha, meaning 'Place of the Skull' ...

Located behind a bus station just outside the walls of the Old City, the rocky escarpment pictured above is believed by many Christians to be the Golgotha, or the Calvary, the skull-shaped hill where ...

It had long been thought that the Romans had condemned Jesus to the cross which he had allegedly been ordered to carry to his crucifix to a hill in Calvary – just outside the walls of the City of ...

Jerusalem ramparts, recently opened to the public, provide a vivid overview of the capital’s history, from its Roman and Ottoman conquerors to its modern day residents Share General Charles George ...

(RNS) — The beloved 'Lord Grantham' takes his background in theology to Jerusalem in a new documentary. (RNS) — Of course an actor like Hugh Bonneville would be captivated by the drama of the last ...