St. Patrick’s Day is widely associated with Irish culture, but the day also holds significant meaning in the Orthodox ...

She is called "Mother of God" which translates the more accurately stated greek term "Theotokos" or ... Although never explicated in detail, the Catholic Church holds as dogma that Mary was ...

Icon of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Public Domain St. Patrick’s Day may be widely associated with Roman Catholic traditions, but a Greek Orthodox church in Grevena, northern Greece, has ...

Controversy followed after an artist's works were vandalized by a Greek MP, labeling them as blasphemous for distorting ...

Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America kicked off this year’s Greek Independence Day at the ...

Ancient Greek and Roman statues didn't originally look like they do now in museums. A new study says they didn't smell the ...

Greece’s National Gallery says a Greek lawmaker attacked four paintings in an exhibition, including one he had previously criticized as offensive on religious grounds ...

Nikolaos Papadopoulos, of the small right-wing, ultra-religious Niki party, attacked the paintings in The National Gallery - Alexandros Soutsos Museum. The exhibition includes works that caricature ...

Greek Lawmaker Attacks Paintings in Athens' National ... The exhibition includes works that caricature religious icons and themes, and runs as an accompaniment to a display of 80 engravings ...

Greek Lawmaker Attacks Paintings He Said Were Offensive to Christians ATHENS (Reuters) - A far-right Greek lawmaker attacked four paintings in an exhibition at the country's National Gallery on ...

“Holiness is not something for heroes, like those from Greek and Roman mythology ... “I saw him at that moment like an icon, an image that also the Pope later shared,” he recalled.

Some of Francis’ positions led to opposition in some Catholic circles. One such issue was related to Francis’ embrace of religious diversity. Delivering an address at the Seventh Congress of ...