Search underway for remains of younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II

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Church History

Rating: 9.4|Votes: 13

Search underway for remains of younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II

A search for the remains of Grand Duke Mikhail Alexandrovich Romanov and his secretary Nikolai Johnson began on Monday in the Russian city of Perm.

Rare evidence of Roman crucifixion discovered in Italy

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Church History

Rating: 7.4|Votes: 12

Rare evidence of Roman crucifixion discovered in Italy

New archaeological evidence attesting to the Roman practice of crucifixion has been unearthed in northern Italy.

Russian New Martyrs and Confessors exhibition opens in Rome

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Church History

Rating: 8.3|Votes: 6

Russian New Martyrs and Confessors exhibition opens in Rome

An exhibition detailing the historical path of the Russian Orthodox Church during the times of the atheistic persecutions of Soviets through the prism of the New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church has opened in the Lateran Palace in Rome.

Voikov Street returns to historic name of Nativity Street in Vladikavkaz

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Church and State

Rating: 10|Votes: 6

Voikov Street returns to historic name of Nativity Street in Vladikavkaz

Now the Vladikavkaz Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church is reporting that local Vladikavkaz authorities decided on Friday to change the name of Voikov Street back to its historical name of Nativity Street. The decision came in direct response to an appeal from His Eminence Archbishop Leonid of Vladikavkaz and Alaniya.

Papyrus fragment discovered in 1903 now dated as oldest surviving piece of Gospel of Mark

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Church History

Rating: 8.5|Votes: 23

Papyrus fragment discovered in 1903 now dated as oldest surviving piece of Gospel of Mark

A new scholarly publication makes the argument that an ancient and much discussed fragment of the Gospel of Mark has now been dated as the oldest known surviving piece of the Gospel, going back to the late 2nd-early 3rd century.