The thinking behind the Russian Orthodox Church's famous icons By Andrew Louth If you go into an Orthodox church, what is perhaps most striking is the multitude of pictures to be seen. Everywhere you ...

The faithful gathered at St. John’s Cathedral to pay homage to the myrrh-streaming Iveron Icon of the Mother of God, a ...

I would like to respond to an inaccuracy in Jody Temkin`s article about the establishment of Holy Ancestors of Christ Orthodox Church. Temkin states: ”Worshiping of two-dimensional icons (either ...

The Icon of St. Anna, which was being carried by Fr. Daniel, a monk from Pennsylvania, approached in procession toward the church. At the door of the church, Fr. Alexis gave the customary greeting ...

Putin, who has found a willing ally in the Church for his vision of a conservative national identity, three weeks ago said through his spokesman that the "Trinity" icon was being transferred ...

Almost 200 of Pawlowska’s icon-inspired paintings are on display at St. James Episcopal Church in Pullman, the latest stop on her international “Icons in Transformation” exhibit tour.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given the Russian Orthodox Church possession of the country's most valuable religious icon. Putin gifted the icon – Andrei Rublev's "Trinity" – to the care ...

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May 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to hand over the historic 15th-century Trinity icon from a museum to the Russian Orthodox Church because of its importance to ...

For the past 17 weeks, St. George’s Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in Taylor has been hosting services centered on two icons of the Blessed Mother of the Theotokos. The faithful believe the ...

Front and center is Rochester's Saints Anargyroi Greek Orthodox Church, which proudly displays painted religious icons throughout its soft blue sanctuary walls. Those 33 images run wall to wall ...