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 ...

Icons' roots are in Byzantine culture and history ... and some are enclosed by a metal casing called a riza (pronounced REE-za) that protects the image. "Mrs. Scheuring has made it possible for a wide ...

The tradition of icon painting began to develop simultaneously with the development of Christianity. In the modern era, avant ...

A Ukrainian artist has exhibited a stunning collection of linen threaded icons made using a brand new patented type of macramé. Vladimir Denshchikov's Russian Orthodox icons were put on display ...

Dhimitris Gkinos, an assistant to Iconographer Leoidas Diamantopoulos, dips his brush in paint Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, while working with group from Athens to paint several Greek Orthodox icons ...

icons made in his image, are “transformed into the same image from glory to glory, by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Cor. 3:18). • Maxim Gibson is the rector at St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox ...

Thousands of dollars worth of religious artwork, called icons, line the walls of St. John the Baptist Antiochian Orthodox Church ... 1,000 churches since 2007, made its first trip to the Inland ...

This icon was made over 500 years after this event, when the shrunken Byzantine Empire was under the threat of invasion by the Ottoman Turks. What role did icons play in the Byzantine Empire?

We have rebranded as 'Gateway to Russia' and now offer even more articles and resources about Russia. The name speaks for itself: the Virgin Mary is depicted with three hands. According to legend ...

Though the prospect of standing — never mind painting — at such heights might be enough to make many people queasy ... painting a series of Greek Orthodox icons onto the walls above the ...