Houston’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, one of the largest Greek Orthodox communities in the nation, expects to ...

The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America. Hundreds of pilgrims joined several bishops in ...

Bruce LaBruce talks his work, his distaste for 'liberal tolerance,' being rejected by queer festivals, and pornography in a ...

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

Studies conducted by Heritage Malta's Diagnostic Science Laboratories have established that an icon venerated at the Chapel of Our Lady of Damascus in Birgu is in fact much older than originally ...

St. Mary Magdalene (Byzantine School), painted at the monastery of Treitza, near Moscow, (painting) Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery. Object Details artist Unknown ... Pre-1877 ...

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, two giants of our Christian faith, two pillars of the early Church, whose distinct missions and temperaments helped shape Christianity as we ...

After a long-forgotten painting of Hercules and Omphale was punctured during the 2020 explosion in Beirut, it has been painstakingly restored over more than three years — and is now on show at ...

Inside, you'll find a small museum of Byzantine icons, books, relics and a traditional olive oil press. While the interior and exterior architecture is a must-see for any history buff, ...

The Byzantine Empire (also known as Byzantium or the Eastern Roman Empire) was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued on after it collapsed. With its base at Constantinople (modern ...

The tranquil halls of Zeyrek Cinili Hamam in Istanbul instinctively invite a sense of reflection and renewal, as the incredible history of this recently restored 500-year-old, once-again ...