Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th.But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th.For ...

First, is there actually a growing trend of young men looking to become Orthodox Christians? Second, is it correct to ...

The piece, one side of which is an enamel copy of a 16th-century woodcut, the other side crafted in Ethiopia, reveals how ...

The Holy Father stressed that bearing witness to the incarnate love of Christ 'is our ecumenical vocation, in the communion ...

Jesus is completely God and completely man ... s inspiration is guiding the earthly hand. Rublev prayed this icon for the Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Moscow. Like medieval Western ...

Artist Beshoy Zaraa describes the tradition of painting the Christian story of the nativity of Jesus in Egyptian art to Al-Ahram Weekly.

A partially completed icon by Father Theophan. Courtesy photoBY FATHER THEOPHAN MACKEYSaint Job of Pochaiv Orthodox ChurchLos Alamos As a priest, I hardly ever get to finish a project in the ...

Vladimir Putin insisted, at least publicly, that he didn’t want a cult of his personality. Not anymore. During the last three years of the war he started in Ukraine, he has embraced it. At his annual ...

While visiting the Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, Guida experienced “the poetry of pure contemplation, in which absence is ...

Thousands gathered in Johannesburg to celebrate Timkat, the vibrant Ethiopian Orthodox festival of Epiphany, marking a ...

The Orthodox priest arrives at the church basement ... smoky incense drifts through the room draped in velvet portraits of religious icons like Jesus, Mary and the saints. Plush rugs layer the ...