One of the most symbolic of the Festal Icons of the Orthodox Church is that of the Holy Resurrection. In the center of this radiant event is Christ pulling Adam and Eve up from their tombs. The gates ...

Who are the Orthodox? It’s a question ... Mathewes-Green: Faith in the Resurrection means believing that the people pictured in icons are alive — alive right now, in Paradise, in the presence ...

For example, the icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos includes the death of Mary, the ascension of her soul by Christ and angels ... to one of the Russian Orthodox Church's most revered saints ...

In this video, we learn about the ascension of Christ, which took place 40 days after His resurrection ... festal hymns, icons, and beautiful visuals, this program is sure to inspire and provoke ...

She talks to SBS Greek about Mona's new exhibition 'Heavenly Beings: Icons of the Christian Orthodox World' 'Heavenly Beings: Icons of the Christian Orthodox World is the first exhibition at Mona ...

In 1 Corinthians 15 the apostle Paul establishes the fact of Christ’s resurrection. He lists details and eyewitnesses, some who were alive at the time he wrote the epistle, so what he was saying ...

The congregants don’t just sit in pews and listen. They stand, bow and move to venerate icons or kiss the cross. They stand ...

Although later pushed to the side, women in early Christian communities often owned ... She's also represented as being a witness to the resurrection in the gospels, and this is an important ...

The Holy Trinity painting is now on display at a cathedral in Moscow, despite its age and fragile state In Moscow, the Cathedral of Christ the ... A 600-year-old Orthodox icon - one of Russia's ...

So far, the project has been titled “The Passion of the Christ: Resurrection – Chapter I“, so if everything goes well, there ...

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The Orthodox church celebrates the resurrection of Christ on a different date to non-Orthodox Easter, because it uses the older Julian calendar. In a Greek Orthodox Church in Sydney, the ...