Visitors to St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of Maryland in Cooksville this weekend can experience a Mediterranean market, purchase Egyptian souvenirs, and try out Mediterranean cuisine while ...

But for almost half of US Orthodox Christians, whose liturgy involves processions, incense, kissing icons and crosses ... alternatives they have continued to offer for liturgies and Bible studies ...

But for almost half of U.S. Orthodox Christians, whose liturgy involves processions, incense, kissing icons and crosses and ... to offer for liturgies and Bible studies alongside the in-person ...

Once people decided their old ways of believing didn’t make sense any longer, it was sort of like quietly paddling away on a calm lake, added Schuurman, who is a religion and social sciences professor ...

Against the tide of their societies, Jews, Christians, and Muslims are trying to offer a united religious voice based on the ...

Here are more than 30 of the people whose leadership continues to impact their faith communities, the broader community — and ...

which tells the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt. Exhibits include ancient Bibles and scrolls, icons of saints and traditional religious apparel worn by clergy. Egypt,” she said.”] ...

The Greek word eikon simply means 'image', but the word has come in Orthodox tradition to mean much more than simply a pictorial representation of a religious subject. Every icon, whether it depicts ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.