It is the only great Christian church which has been preserved from very early times, for the basilicas of St. John Lateran and St. Mary the Greater, at Rome, have been considerably altered.

An 11th-century mosaic shows Epiphanius of Salamis, Clement of Rome, Gregory the Theologian, St. Nicholas the Wonderworker and Archdeacon Stephen. St. Sophia of Kyiv/Wikimedia CommonsNearly 60 ...

11th-century mosaic of St. Clement from St. Sophia of Kyiv (photo: Public Domain) ... On the day after Thanksgiving, the Church rejoices in the intercessions of Pope Saint Clement of Rome.

St. Clement of Rome. Feast day: November 23. Lived in the 1st century A.D. Died 100 A.D. He is believed to have been the fourth bishop of Rome and served during the last decade of the first century.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Workers using cranes on Thursday installed two more restored crosses on top of the domes of Kyiv’s 11th-century St. Sophia Cathedral as part of ongoing repair work at the ...