Greek Orthodox priests carry a lantern with the "Holy Flame" brought from Jerusalem, at a church in Athens, on Saturday, April 27, 2019. A lantern carrying a flame lit in Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher ...
From the yellowed bones of saints to the Shroud of Turin and the tears of the Virgin Mary, the supposed relics and reliquaries of medieval art have long been surrounded by great commotion. The ...
Heads and limbs carved of wood bound for a room of miracles in a Brazilian church. Two 19th-century figures: one from the Kongo kingdom, each leather strip of its dress a vow to the power spirit it ...