Early Christian icons may have derived some of their stylistic elements from pagan religious portraits, according to some ...

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Continuing an artistic tradition begun in the 3rd Century, Kim Fritzges paints early Byzantine icons in Studio 311 at the Walk In Art Center. Surrounded by sorrowful images of ...

Along the flat highway that approaches the mountains of Meteora, Greece, on the second floor of offices, is a family-­owned workshop of Byzantine icons. Father Pefkis, the iconographer, serves locally ...

Millions of people around the world celebrated Orthodox Christmas on Wednesday, nearly two weeks after much of the world ...

Commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ through ancient traditions, fasting, prayer, and midnight liturgies, rooted in the ...

Hundreds of worshippers filled the narrow streets of Istanbul’s Fatih district on Friday to hear the sounds of Friday prayers ringing out from the newly inaugurated Kariye Mosque. Once known as the ...

Darnel Charite, second from left, listens, along with other members of a St. Thomas University undergraduate class to Father Joseph Lucas, right, Pastor of Christ the Saviour Orthodox Cathedral as he ...