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.

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable 4th-century octagonal church in Armenia, shedding light on the nation's early ...

What is the account that we get from Acts about the early history of the Christian church? The Book of Acts records or reports that there was a special event that took place at Pentecost ...

Yet from the time of the Maccabean martyrs to the early Christian Church, Jew and Christian alike steadfastly refused this token worship of the state, which to them was idolatry. This, to the ...

Although later pushed to the side, women in early Christian communities often owned the 'house churches' where congregations gathered to worship. The status of women in early Christianity has been ...

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 ...

I have recently written about the archaeological discoveries of ancient Christian house churches in the middle east. In that piece, I discussed how the manuscripts found at these sites shows us that a ...

A number of rare religious relics were uncovered in 2024, with some on display to the public, giving people a better understanding about the time they first appeared in history.

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