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In time for Easter, here's a look at some of the incredible artistic tributes to the Christian narrative that can be found ...
Imagine stepping into a church that looks fully Orthodox—icons, incense, chanting, bearded priests—but it's actually Catholic ...
The art of Byzantium, that decorates churches ... with vast knowledge who harmonically combined the ancient, classical world with Orthodox Byzantine spirituality." “And that ...
Vladimir Grygorenko is decorating the dome of a North Texas Christian Orthodox Church with an iconic representation of the ...
This course explores the origins of the development of early Christian and Byzantine art and thought. Focusing on a thematic ... of non-Latin Christian denominations such as Armenian Orthodox, ...
John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire ... on a special religious significance in Orthodox art. The tradition of painting the same ...
The icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy shows a whole society revisiting its past through a work of art, begging ... But if the Byzantine state foundered, the Orthodox Church survived.
As a living art over 2000 years old, the Byzantine chart is a significant cultural tradition ... Focused on musically enhancing the liturgical texts of the Greek Orthodox Church, it is inextricably ...
An Orthodox spiritual centre since 1054, Mount Athos has enjoyed an autonomous statute since Byzantine times. The 'Holy Mountain ... and its school of painting influenced the history of Orthodox art.
The preservation of Byzantine mosaics in Istanbul’s Hagia ... Hagia Sophia is the former Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal cathedral built in AD 532-537 in Constantinople (now Istanbul ...