In the Theravada form of Buddhism followed in Southeast Asia, Gautama’s enlightenment is commemorated along with his birth and death during the Vesak festival celebrated in April or May. This is ...
We carefully designed the course syllabus over the next year, balancing cultural perspectives, academic rigor, and the logistical challenges of working across an eight-hour time difference. As the ...
Romanian hymns echo through the small wooden church of Saint Alexander of Svir in Cricova, a town north of Moldova’s capital, Chișinău. Here, Orthodox priest Father Andrei Percic and his wife ...
Over two decades, Li Wanhui of the Xinjiang local government, has watched as a downstream stretch of the mighty Tarim River turned from a natural local oasis to a dry riverbed and then, ultimately, ...