A cathedral in Lithuania hid the 450-year-old treasures ahead of World War II, then spent 85 years looking for them.

Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, ...

People attend the funeral of the former head of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church Metropolitan Emeritus Chrysostomos in the ...

Believers hold candles and pray during the funeral ceremony of former Head of the Lithuanian Orthodox Church Metropolitan ...

The treasures were hidden in 1939, shortly after the outbreak of World War II, when the cathedral was threatened with closure ...

Vilnius, Lithuania - circa September 2016: View of the old town of Vilnius, tourists walk through the narrow streets Church of Sts. Peter and Paul in Vilnius, Lithuania. Aerial View. Drone. Autumn ...

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The Lithuanian sacramental flatbread called kalėdaitis, available from your nearest Catholic church (not found in shops) and shared over Christmas Eve meal by every family, will be delivering an ...

Photo by Krisztian Elek At the seat of the Roman Catholic Church ... “Christmas in Vilnius” is a highly anticipated annual event in Lithuania’s capital, lasting until Epiphany in January.

When British parliamentarians approved a law to allow physician-assisted suicide on Nov. 29, it followed a year of ...