The triptych was purchased for the Louvre by the Society of Friends of the Louvre from the private collection of New York ...

often called Father Superior of the Russian land. The Theotokos of Tikhvin is one of the most celebrated Orthodox Christian icons. It is said that St. Luke the Evangelist created it during the ...

The remarkable legacy of Saint John the Russian continues to thrive in Greece, where his revered relics are enshrined in a ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church ... and asked Kirill to consecrate crosses and icons he prepared as gifts for commanders of his troops fighting in Ukraine.

Speaking of Mary as “Theotokos,” the “God ... feast is represented in the 15th-century icon “The Nativity,” prayed by Andrei Rublev. In the Orthodox tradition, sacred images of icons ...

Religious icons decorated the corners of the room. Burning incense and candles cast a warm glow on the focused faces of Russian Orthodox Old Believers as they embraced the divine moments of their ...

While we are observing the Solemnity of the Assumption on Aug. 15, people in the Orthodox tradition will be celebrating ... In a reproduction of a Russian icon from the Marian Library’s Eastern Church ...

EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives. EKLUTNA ...

The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska’s biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars, panels of oil paintings and ...

blessing Russian soldiers with holy water and icons before battle. Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been a staunch supporter of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The war in Ukraine has accelerated a restructuring of religious life across the country that aims to untangle itself from Russian influence ... of the Theotokos Orthodox Cathedral.

Among the usual weapons and other military equipment on display was an experimental inflatable military Orthodox church designed specifically to deploy with Russian forces on the ... tent are adorned ...