A Catholic priest in Belarus on Monday was convicted on charges of high treason for criticizing the government and handed an ...

This year’s edition of the festival packed in performances by musicians from every continent on earth and showcased a ...

Many Estonian Orthodox Church leaders favored greater autonomy from Moscow ... Lyrical poetry grew with the works of Marie Under, Henrik Visnapuu, and Betti Alver. In 1919 the Pallas art school was ...

With its fascinating mix of medieval, baroque, neoclassical and Art Nouveau styles, the capital of Estonia will appeal ... Kadriorg Castle and the Tallinn Orthodox Cathedral, as well as a number ...

As with many other natives of Saaremaa, Rüütel, born May 10, 1928, was baptized into the Estonian Orthodox Church at a time when Estonia was an independent republic. Estonia's former presidents are ...

Arkatovich is among dozens of clergy — Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant — who have been jailed, silenced or forced into exile for protesting the 2020 election that gave Lukashenko a sixth term.

One issue which emerged from the arts of survival programme was the way in which Estonia’s shared Baltic and Russian cultural heritage affects everyday life in Tartu and across the country more ...

An Estonian university has cut ties with an Israeli university, setting off a chain of rebukes from the government, and ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan authorities searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Friday, taking at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after ...

An unlikely partnership between a Greek monk and a court handwriting expert has revealed the identity of a celebrated Byzantine painter who worked in Thessaloniki, the second city of the Byzantine ...

The art of Byzantium, that decorates churches across Greece, Serbia and other Orthodox countries, stands out for the stark formalism of its elongated, glowering saints, quasi-cubist mountains and ...

Bais Yaakov is affiliated with the all-girls’ Bais Faiga School, an Orthodox Jewish school in neighboring Lakewood, the Asbury Park Press reported. Officials at the private school could not be ...