The monks’ republic situated on the peninsula of Mount Athos in the north-western region of Greece was founded in 963 and is home to twenty monasteries with Orthodox monks ... is the name given to the ...

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

The Virgin and Child with Angels by a Fountain ... It can be a sign of Christ’s Incarnation in Mary’s womb.1 To this day, the Greek Orthodox Christians venerate a wellspring of Nazareth where the ...

It's not even 6:30 a.m. and already the sun is beaming through the windows like it has something to prove. It's only ...

A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem and all Palestine, venerates the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. I heard much the same from Byron ...

A painting displayed in the Russel H. Kirkhof Center has ignited controversy at Grand Valley State University due to its ...

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.

Thousands of Albanians Pay Last Respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects ...

an icon believed to bestow miracles upon the faithful. Kibeho, a small town in southern Rwanda, is remembered as the place where the Virgin Mary appeared to three young girls and foretold of the ...

The Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, celebrated annually on November 21st, commemorates the presentation of the Blessed Virgin as a child by her parents in the Temple in ...