Hie-jinja Shrine has a history of more than 600 years. The Sanno Festival, one of the three biggest Japanese festivals, is held in June. Hie Shrine is a prestigious shrine which had received offerings ...

SAYYIDA ZEINAB, Syria (AP) — At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer, visitors raise their palms skyward or fervently murmur invocations as they press ...

During Syria’s civil war, protecting the revered Sayyida Zeinab shrine was a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and groups from beyond the country’s borders backing then-President Bashar ...

The dreamlike paintings depict goddesses, foxes, horses and dragons rendered in black “sumi” ink on 17 white “fusuma” paper doors of the shrine. The paintings are titled “Inari.” ...

This year the Shrine celebrated its patronal feast day in a special way — Archbishop Richard G. Henning celebrated the noon Mass. This was the first time Archbishop Henning had been to the Shrine.

At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer, visitors raise their palms skyward or fervently murmur invocations as they press their faces against an ornate ...

Iran has sentenced three individuals to death and imprisoned others for their involvement in deadly attacks on the Shah Cheragh shrine in Shiraz. The verdicts relate to shootings in October 2022 ...

At the time, the shrine’s protection from Sunni extremists became a rallying cry for some Shiite fighters and Iran-backed groups from beyond Syria’s borders who backed the former government of ...