The Greek Orthodox Holy Monastery of St. Catherine on Mount Sinai is believed to house the oldest icon depicting the ...

adding that dating of the end of the building's use as a church appears to be late-eighth to early-ninth century, based on the ceramic evidence. "Residual earlier material from the Iron Age ...

"Patristic" derives from the Latin word patres (Fathers), and is a term used historically to describe the time and writings of the Church Fathers ... the close of the 8th century.

Ash Wednesday is a holy day of reflection and repentance in the Christian faith. Believers observe the day by fasting and receiving ashes in the shape of a cross on their forehead.

From the Fourth to the Eighth Century... If the primitive system of the church towards heretics had been faithfully pursued, as it ought to have been, after the peace of Constantine, the tribunal ...

St Mary's of Woodhorn is said to be "one of the original churches of Northumbria" with a place of worship thought to be on ...

In the early years of the Church, the title saint was bestowed ... The exception was Fergal, also known as St. Virgil of Salzburg, an 8th-century missionary scholar who was officially canonized ...