Its altar is set in the center of the church (see cut), so that the face and hands of the priest offering Mass are visible to his congregation from three sides.

A growing number of Catholic parishes in the U.S. are restoring altar rails, renewing reverence and transforming the faithful’s experience of the Holy Eucharist.

Metropolitan Joseph, leader of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America, consecrates St. Xenia Church in Payson in LDS-dominated Utah County.

The early Christian church at Amheida, looking northeast. The steps up to the altar can be seen toward the back, plastered in white. NYU Excavations at Amheida.

Archaeologists have unearthed a long-lost crusader altar in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, considered the holiest site in Christendom, located in Jerusalem's Old City. The church, dating back ...

The fresco provides crucial evidence of a medieval church using Islamic tents in key Christian practices, including mass, the study suggests.

Archaeologists unearthed a tomb in Izmir, Turkey, from the third century that held much more than a Roman gladiator. Reused in the fifth century for Christian burials, twelve bodies were buried ...

Not long ago, I attended a Sunday service at a well-known church. The atmosphere was welcoming, the music was well-organized and the sermon was thoughtful and clear. Everything about the service went ...

The tearful worship prompted good and bad memories from growing up in Korean American Christianity—and a needed discussion on church hurt. I’ve sung these lyrics from “O Come to the Altar ...

Researchers have unearthed a Crusader-era altar in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher in a serendipitous discovery that sounds straight out of an Indiana Jones plot. The find, announced by ...

Learn about how Christians gather in church to praise God, and to take part in ceremonies like marriage, in this CCEA Foundation (Religious Education) article from BBC Bitesize.