Once trapped in communist East Germany, bustling Leipzig is now a city of business and of culture. It’s also a city of great ...

a Passion would be performed in one of Leipzig’s two principal (Lutheran) churches, St. Thomas and St. Nicholas. These performances would mark the high point of the church’s year. Bach did not ...

First performed in 1724 at St Nicholas Church in Leipzig, St John Passion is the earliest of Bach’s surviving Passion settings. Written in two parts, it was originally designed to frame a sermon and ...

Located in Lesser Town (Malá Strana), the St. Nicholas Church (not to be confused with the Church of St. Nicholas in Old Town Square) is well visited for its stunning baroque architecture ...

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 10.43am on Easter Monday (April 21) after reports of a fire at St Nicholas Fields in Tang Hall. A service spokesman said ...

Completed sometime in the early 14th century, the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas is the largest medieval parish church in Ireland in continuous use. Among its historical artifacts are a more ...

For the first time, fewer than 20 million Catholics live in Germany, according to the 2024 Church statistics published by the German Bishops’ Conference (DBK) on Thursday, March 27. Although the ...

The welcome recipients are school choir boys and girls who’ve just emerged from Leipzig’s St Thomas church after a concert celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach. It’s his 340th birthday and the ...

Pistor also helped produce the 48 Hours special "Death in Dark Water," on the death of actress Natalie Wood, the release said. Click here to read the full story from the St. Louis Business Journal.

Once in Otterberg, we intended to take a break exploring its 12th-century Abteikirche, the second-largest church in the Pfalz ...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was executed by the Nazis 80 years ago this week for supporting a plot to kill Hitler. Now his legacy is ...