The retirement of an 88-year-old man might not seem like news, but one central Virginia community is celebrating him and the ...

BUTTE, Mont. — Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th. But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th. For parishioners at the Serbian Orthodox Church in Butte it was a ...

One of the most revered Eastern Orthodox icons in the world will make a rare appearance Friday in Owasso. The Kursk Root Icon of Our Lady of the Sign, a Russian work dating to at least the 13th ...

If you've ever been in an Orthodox church, you've undoubtedly been greeted with walls covered with icons. They may look like simple drawings, but each one has a purpose and a specialized artist, an ...

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, “writing” religious icons. In the Orthodox Christian tradition, icons are said to be written, not painted. The Orthodox consider making icons more a form of prayer than art ...

An April 10 Religion article contained an incorrect reference to the museum presenting an exhibit on Eastern Orthodox Christian iconography called "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)." The exhibit ...

There will be a presentation on Eastern Orthodox icons at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, 64 Forrester St., Salem, on Sunday, June 22, at 12:30 p.m., shortly after Sunday liturgy. Iconographer Alexander ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The permanent collection of Purdue University Galleries is now home to one of the largest private Orthodox Christian icon collections in the country, and an exhibition of these ...

Christians around the world observe Lent to varying degrees, but none with more zeal than the Eastern Orthodox, the vast branch of Christendom that split from the western Roman Catholic church a ...

For many Christians, Easter was celebrated this year on March 31. But for Eastern Orthodox Christians, the celebration of Jesus Christ's Resurrection occurs more than a month later, on May 5. Most ...

Eastern Orthodox poet Scott Cairns reflects on his new collection, his journey of faith, and poetry’s capacity to apprehend inexhaustible realities. Fans of the Harry Potter series might recall the ...