A religious icon of Jesus Christ in a small village in Greece has been "weeping" ever since the anti-austerity party Syriza won the Greek elections at the end of January, witnesses say.

Dressed in a black cassock, Milunovic said the weeping icon was a miracle, but also a warning from the mother of God. “This is a calling on all of us to change our lives,” he said.

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Artist Miltiadis Afentoulis of Nyack is painting eight Byzantine-style icons depicting the life events of Jesus on the walls of the sanctuary of St. George’s Greek Orthodox ...

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

For about the past 10 years, the Archives Committee has set up shop during the Greek Festival to sell icons — mostly reproductions of paintings, mounted on varnished wood.

Jul. 22—MIDDLETOWN — As a young boy in Greece, Nick Ververis spent his summer days peeking through the stained-glassed windows watching painters meticulously creating icons. Over time ...

Slate’s archives are full of fascinating stories. For Easter this year, we’re republishing this story from Dec. 24, 2008. Was Jesus in fact a common name back when he was alive?