The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

This is the first shrine dedicated to this cause in Central Asia, in a country marked by a long history of oppression of ...

After years of planning and fundraising, the icons are being prepared for Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in ... features huge images of Christ, the Virgin Mary and dozens of saints.

If you've ever been in an Orthodox church, you've undoubtedly been greeted with walls covered with icons. They may look ... is always in the dome and the Virgin Mary is always in the front on ...

A hagiography written by a man about his cloistered virgin ... Coptic Orthodox churches, they are still forbidden from taking communion. Would the virginal and so presumably menstruating Mary ...

The congregation of St. Mary and St. Kyrillos Coptic Orthodox Church of Hatfield opened its doors and its culture to the community during last weekend’s celebration of the 17th annual Egyptian ...

icons of saints and traditional religious apparel worn by clergy. Egypt,” she said.”] The annual Egyptian Festival takes place at St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of Maryland at 14196 Frederick ...

In Bulgaria, the Orthodox Church honors the Assumption ... thousands of faithful make a pilgrimage to venerate the miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary, with many climbing to the icon on their ...

As the Catholic Church in the Holy Land entered Holy Week by literally retracing the steps of Jesus’ passion in Jerusalem, the Orthodox ... of one of the icons of the Virgin Mary located on ...

One icon displays the Virgin Mary and Christ Child on a golden throne ... “after the Byzantine Empire fell in 1453, Ethiopian and Coptic artists in eastern Africa continued to find inspiration ...

Coptic Orthodox Churches on Tuesday celebrated the end of the Virgin Mary’s fast which lasted 15 days, where thousands of worshipers participated in the celebration carrying icons of the Virgin Mary, ...

The Western church refers to it as the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin ... Mary is "another image of what resurrection will look like," he said. In Orthodox teaching and icons ...