(This Nov. 15 story changes spelling of presidential aide Hajiyev in 7th paragraph) DADIVANK, Azerbaijan (Reuters) – Soldiers unloaded sandbags and monks donned khaki vests over their cassocks on ...

JERUSALEM – Israeli police rushed into one of Christianity's holiest churches Sunday and arrested two clergymen after an argument between monks erupted into a brawl next to the site of Jesus' tomb.

Pope Francis, center, Armenian Catholicos Karekin II, left, and Aram I Kechichian, head of the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia, right, attend a ceremony for the inauguration of the statue ...

Jerusalem – With big egos competing for sacred space and urgent claims that a miracle is imminent, Jerusalem’s latest religious conflict has all the makings of a classic Holy City conflagration. All, ...

The Armenian presence in Jerusalem solidified in the 4th century AD, with monks and pilgrims settling near the Upper Room, considered a gathering place for early Christians. St. James Cathedral, ...

Two arrested after rival monks clash at one of Christianity’s holiest churches. Israeli police intervene. Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks scuffle next to the site traditionally believed to be the ...

The clash between Armenian and Greek Orthodox monks broke out in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, revered as the site of Jesus' crucifixion, burial and resurrection. The brawling began during a ...

DADIVANK, Azerbaijan, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Soldiers unloaded sandbags and monks donned khaki vests over their cassocks on Sunday after Russian peacekeepers arrived to guard the 12th century Armenian ...