Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, ...

They were drawn to the remote area by a vision during which the Virgin Mary told them about an icon painted ... was founded by Orthodox monks during a period when the last Christian kingdom ...

His Eminence remarked in his homily that “This parish…is truly an icon of the life and course – the βιος και πολιτεια – of the Greek American and Greek Orthodox experience in America,” comparing the ...

The kingdom of Moscow was formed by divine providence and embraced the mystical ties of ancient empires, historical experience and traditions of other Orthodox ... the icon and from the Holy Cross ...

Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter ... who then carry them around the church while following an icon of ...

The Rev. Yaroslav Koval stood inside St. Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church recently, recalling how he rushed into the church ...

A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox patriarch of ... marking the site of Christ's burial and Resurrection. Photograph by Alessio Romenzi Father Solana comes ...

In Greece, Orthodox ... The resurrection is proclaimed at exactly midnight, and is celebrated with drums, fireworks, and church bells. Fireworks light up the sky in a majestic display. The crowd ...

A precious reliquary for San Francisco Cathedral, blessed in the historic Basilica of Abruzzo The reliquary bearing the image ...

This is no myth. While some people scoffed and said AI had produced a European Jesus, others noted the resemblance between this image and others that have been drawn of Christ throughout the ages, ...