Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...

A video showing Russian soldiers executing six unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war is “appalling,” according to Major ...

Over the figures in the picture are some Greek letters which form the abbreviated words Mother of God, Jesus Christ, Archangel Michael, and Archangel Gabriel respectively. The icon was brought to ...

The 1994 Met Gala theme brought together themes of East Asian cultural fashion together with Western style. It was the last ...

As clergy and faithful present proclaimed “Axios! Axios! Axios!” (Greek for “He is worthy”), Fr. Artur Bubnevych was ...

The style's timeless appeal was on show in a Dolce & Gabbana dress at the Emmy's, in a The Row gown at the Lacma Art+Film ...

J. Samuel “Sam” Hammond served as the University’s carillonneur, playing the carillon, a pitched percussion instrument, in the Duke Chapel every evening to serenade students with the familiar sound of ...

She is called "Mother of God" which translates the more accurately stated greek term "Theotokos" or ... Although never explicated in detail, the Catholic Church holds as dogma that Mary was ...

But the Catholic Church does seem to see it as an important object, even if more recent popes have avoided calling it a historical relic outright. In 2013, Pope Francis called the Shroud of Turin an ...

One of the icons on the slab was a sun symbol which was closely (although ... However, this is unlikely to happen any time soon, due to reluctance on the part of the Catholic Church. In summary, is ...

Originally built in 432 BC to honor Athena Parthenos, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war ... During the reign of Emperor Justinian, however, it was consecrated and defined as the “Catholic Church of ...