An art piece entitled “Why?” is displayed in the sanctuary during the opening reception for a touring art exhibit by Swedish Ukrainian artist Ludmila Pawlowska, at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in ...

The Synod of Elvira (c. 300–314) stated: “Pictures are not to be placed in churches, so that they do not become objects of ...

Icons — paintings that represent saints, Jesus, the Virgin Mary and biblical events — are a staple of Greek Orthodox churches, said Father Seraphim Ramos, the second priest of St. John the Baptist ...

According to a story in the Old Testament, three youths were thrown into a fiery furnace by an angry king, but were not harmed. They sang amid the flames, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church pastor the Rev.

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 ...

POTTSTOWN — The Miraculous Myrrh-Streaming Icon of St. Anna, mother of the Virgin Mary, will be on display at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 1236 Juniper Street, on Sunday, April 6. The icon will be ...

The head of Cyprus Orthodox Church Archbishop Chrysostomos II, right, presides over a meeting of other bishops composing the Holy Synod, the Church’s highest decision-making body at the Church’s ...

POCATELLO — Ardently involved with the Gate City’s Greek Orthodox Church, Danny Thiros, the late husband of Idaho State University Athletic Director Pauline Thiros, longed for the historic church ...

More info: In conjunction with the exhibit are five events, the last of which is a talk on iconography from Mary Flerchinger, a Peola, Washington, icon writer. Flerchinger’s talk is from 2-4 p.m. on ...

May 27 (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon ...

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 believers, ...

CHICAGO -- It was an alleged act of divinity that went viral after a church caretaker claims she noticed a Virgin Mary icon weeping days before the church was set to face bankruptcy court. Although a ...