On June 24 the Greek Orthodox Church celebrates the Nativity of Agios Ioannis the Baptist and Forerunner.

For instance, at almost exactly the time of the birth of Jesus (4-6 B.C.), some Jews became fed up with the Jewish King Herod ...

Herod the Great ruled the ancient kingdom of Judea from 37BC and was monarch at the time of ... The massive stones of the outer wall of Herod’s Temple Mount still stand today in the Old City of ...

Instead, what is known about Herod I, as Live Science recounts, are his contributions to the kingdom he oversaw: “For example, he was a prolific builder who restored the decrepit Second Temple ...

Only a few segments of the Western Wall—a remnant of Herod the Great’s Temple platform and Judaism’s most sacred site where Jews can pray—are aboveground, so after the Six Day War, the ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the Western Wall on Thursday afternoon, leaving a note with a quotation of a Bible verse taken from Numbers 23:24, “Look, a nation like a lioness will ...

GALILEE - part of the Kingdom of Herod the Great, 40-4 BCE; part of the Tetrarchy of Herod Antipas, 4 BCE - 39 CE ... site of the Temple, thus the center of religious and cultural Judaism, ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday. The couple recited a ...

Herod the Great was the one who sought to kill baby Jesus by slaughtering all the infant boys (Matthew 2). Jewish historian Josephus recounts how Herod engaged in a massive building project to ...

In the Bible, King Herod is portrayed as a psychotic villain who orders the deaths of all of Bethlehem’s infants upon hearing the news of Jesus’ birth. He’s also known as King Herod the Great… so what ...

The Odeon of Herod Atticus recently opened the 70th season of the annual Athens Epidaurus Festival, a cherished annual ...