Church property and art was confiscated, and the Soviets infiltrated the ... 5 December 1931 In the years following the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian Orthodox Church has struggled to reinvent ...

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

Now, President Vladimir Putin has ordered the institution to return the painting to the Russian Orthodox Church. Art experts are aghast, warning that the fragile icon may not survive the move.

Two exhibitions open Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. “Nature’s Saints: Icons by Olga Volchkova” features a twist on traditional Eastern Orthodox icon painting.

to the Russian Orthodox Church. The church said on May 15 that the decision was made after "multiple requests by believers." Last year, the arts museum gave the icon to the church to use in a ...

May 27 (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity ...

This image is part of an outdoor art exhibition in central Moscow that urges Russian men to enlist. Moscow Patriarch Kirill, head of the world’s largest Orthodox Christian Church whose clout ...