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How Lady Bible Hunters Made the Victorian Era's Most Stunning Scriptural Find

Ailsa Ross January 20, 2016
Epiphany bathers line up at an ice hole in Nerli in 2008.
sacred spaces

Fleeting Wonders: Russian Orthodox Christians Take the Epiphany Plunge

Cara Giaimo January 19, 2016
St. Augustine's Seminary
Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi

St. Augustine's Seminary

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.
Nice, France

St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral

An Orthodox church built by the Royal Family for the Russian community exiled to the French Riviera.
Niurkoniai Chapel
Pušaloto seniūnija, Lithuania

Niurkoniai Chapel

This lonely Lithuanian chapel looks more beautiful and haunting in decline than it ever did in life.
churches

The Subversive Design of America's Suburban Churches

Jane Yong Kim December 31, 2015
Permanently Closed
Fontanelle Cemetery Caves.
Naples, Italy

Fontanelle Cemetery Caves

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.
The dolls look at
Wakayama, Japan

Awashima Jinja

A Japanese shrine to dolls.
churches

FOUND: Christmas Miracle Ram Statue

Sarah Laskow December 29, 2015
Monastery of Saint Simon
Cairo, Egypt

Monastery of Saint Simon

The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.
Reading Between The Lines
Borgloon, Belgium

Reading Between The Lines

Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Krakow, Poland

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
A statue of Julian of Norwich
churches

The First Woman to Publish a Book in English Lived in One Room, Walled Off From Society

Julian of Norwich wrote "Revelations of Divine Love" based on a series of visions she had in 1373 while isolated in religious observance.
Sarah Laskow December 18, 2015
The small chapel still remains stand up on a rock
Thessaloniki, Greece

The Ruins of Rentina

These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.
maps

How The World Looked When Jesus Was Born, According to Roman Geographers

It was a far different world when these maps were made.
Sarah Laskow December 16, 2015
Boris Yeltsin strikes a pose in his Moscow office, in 1989.
cold war

How a Famed New Age Retreat Center Helped End the Cold War

Sarah Laskow December 8, 2015
The Saxon tower
Oxford, England

The Saxon Tower at St. Michael at the North Gate

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.
ex-voto of ships in Notre-Dame de la Garde
Marseille, France

Notre-Dame de la Garde's Nautical Ex-Voto

Sky ships, planes, and portraits left as unique tokens of hope and thankfulness.