Kollyva, the boiled wheat-based sweet offered at Greek Orthodox memorial services for the souls of the dead, has roots in ...

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

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But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate ... see when you walk in is Christ. And he's in big living color all over the place." A team of artists started painting these icons in 2003, and finished ...

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The latest round of iconography is being installed at St. Matthew Orthodox Church in Green Bay. Officials say the tradition ...

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Orthodox Christians in Russia celebrate Christmas on Jan. 7, according to the Julian calendar Patriarch Kirill, an enthusiastic backer of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, blessed icons and crosses ...

On January 7, the bright holiday of the Nativity of Christ according to the Julian calendar is celebrated by believers of the Orthodox rite in a number of ... when the Christmas fast continues. In ...