If you've ever been in an Orthodox church, you've undoubtedly been greeted with walls covered with icons. They may look like simple drawings, but each one has a purpose and a specialized artist, an ...

The mood was appropriately solemn, the faithful quiet and orderly in their movements. Fragrant myrrh filled the air. The encounters with the centers of attraction were quick, but the reactions were ...

Last night [Dec 7] Bermuda’s Ethiopian Orthodox Church opened their doors and invited locals to learn about their traditions and view their intricately painted church icons created by an Ethiopian ...

An art piece entitled “Why?” is displayed in the sanctuary during the opening reception for a touring art exhibit by Swedish Ukrainian artist Ludmila Pawlowska, at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in ...

LACKAWANNA, N.Y. - The religious scenes playing out on the interior walls of St. Stephen Serbian Orthodox Church could have been painted centuries ago: saints with gilded halos, winged angels hugging ...

A Shreveport church is getting a special delivery as part of its centennial celebration. Mosaic icons hand-crafted in Greece will grace the facade of St. George Greek Orthodox Church. Three Greek ...

Leonidas Diamantopoulos put brush to a large canvas spread out on the floor of his Athens studio, etching out images of a pool of water and a man standing beside it. Slowly, the story started to come ...

YEREVAN, JUNE 13, ARMENPRESS: Icons and its application in the church are as old as the church itself. In Armenian Apostolic church the icons are in the form of canvases, which are decorating the holy ...

HOMER GLEN, Ill. — An icon of John the Baptist at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Homer Glen, Ill., in suburban Chicago, exudes oil. People have been flowing to the church to see the icon and be ...

Experts in Turkey have been restoring 452 pieces of historical Byzantine church icons, which date back to 17th century. Turkey’s Culture Ministry’s restoration laboratory in Istanbul work on objects, ...

Holy Trinity church in Devon faces £7,000 costs to restore icons hacked out of their panels by thieves in 2013 Two priceless 15th -entury oak panels that were stolen from the rood screen of a west ...