The Orthodox consider making icons more a form of prayer than art ... I belong more to the Russian school myself. “Christ is risen, Christ is risen.” In the Eastern Church, the most important ...

Icons' roots are in Byzantine culture and history, and Eastern Orthodox icons often portray Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and numerous saints and martyrs. The majority are painted in egg tempera on ...

MOBILE, Alabama – Today, believers in the Greek Orthodox Church will greet each other with the phrase: "Christos Aneste," which means "Christ is risen!" The appropriate response is “Alithos ...

Orthodox churches around the world observed Good Friday by taking an icon of Christ off a wooden ... morning with the traditional exchange: "Christ is risen," one will say. "Truly He is arisen ...