20), the martyrdom of another Christian is mentioned: So having taken the body of the blessed [martyr ... The altar itself was consecrated with the bones of saints, or was in actuality the martyr’s ...

The Church of the Apostles, built atop the home of Jesus' first disciples, was believed by many to be merely a myth. But these researchers think they've finally found it after centuries.

Pentecost is still important to Christians today because: It represents the beginning of the Christian Church; It reminds ... them tell others about Jesus. Early Christians faced persecution ...

On January 30th, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Three Holy Hierarchs: Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian and John ...

Liturgy refers to the structured worship that happens when Christians ... boring or uninspiring and the believer may become disengaged. The early Church had a focus on the spiritual gifts, thus ...

A church floor was discovered in Israel in ... The reference to the table also offers additional evidence of the early Christian practice of gathering around Communion. “It doesn’t change ...