A video of Russian President Vladimir Putin presenting an Orthodox icon to military ... Made by Hands” (referred to as the “Icon of our Lord Jesus Christ Not-Made-By-Hands” by the Orthodox ...

Colors are important and symbolic in icons. Russian Orthodox for example use bright ... Both colors are used in the garments of Mary and Jesus at the front of the nave (where the congregation ...

This past month at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, we had the great blessing to see two of the holy icons on our iconostasis restored, that of our Lord Jesus Christ and his all-pure mother.

where it will be displayed during the celebration of the Nativity of Christ, the Russian Orthodox Church reported on its website. "On the evening of January 5, 2024, an icon of the Holy Trinity ...

Orthodox Christmas – and the long-standing rift between the Russian Orthodox Church and ... when to officially recognize the birth of Jesus Christ dates back centuries. Pope Gregory XIII in ...