Since its return to the Orthodox Catholic Church in 1831, the icon has been a grace-bestowing support for Orthodox Christians, especially those in western Ukraine and the Carpathian region. They that ...

The brothers and sisters of the Lord, as mentioned in the New Testament, are consequently considered, in Orthodox tradition, to be Joseph’s children. In the ancient centuries of the Eastern Church, ...

Hallick, Mary Paloumpis. The Story of Icons. Brookline, Massachusetts: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2001. ISBN 1-885652-42-9. This book, meant for younger readers, is an opportunity for newcomers to ...

What holds Orthodox together is a common faith — believing the same things. It’s an inner connection, like a skeleton. People learn the faith from the ancient liturgies, icons, hymns ...

The Seventh Ecumenical Council dealt predominantly with the controversy regarding icons and their place in Orthodox worship. It was convened in Nicaea in 787 by Empress Irene at the request of ...

The Hasidim are first of all Orthodox Jews. They believe that the ... all use words (usually prayers or text from the Bible).

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 ...

The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre) in Paris is to open a new department of Byzantine and Eastern Christian Art in 2027.

In ancient paintings from the Eastern Orthodox Church, and in similar icons still used in Greek and ... Here are some more Bible verses that relate: 1 Peter 4:6 For this is why the gospel was ...

But for almost half of U.S. Orthodox Christians, whose liturgy involves processions, incense, kissing icons and crosses and .

Critics say Kyiv is attacking religious freedom in its efforts to break the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s ties with Moscow.

which tells the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt. Exhibits include ancient Bibles and scrolls, icons of saints ...