In Eastern countries a lot of people do iconography because of the large Orthodox population, Katsaros said, but he sees the religion, especially Antiochian Orthodox, "growing like ants" in the U ...

Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th.But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th.For parishioners at the Serbian Orthodox Ch ...

The Rev. George Eber, pastor of St. Antony Orthodox Church in Tulsa, poses with some of the icons that distinguish Eastern Orthodox churches. BILL SHERMAN/Tulsa World ...

If you’d like to experience Greece without having to travel, your opportunity is here! The 37th annual Panegyri Greek Festival began Friday morning and is taking place through Saturday night. The ...

Two exhibitions open Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. “Nature’s Saints: Icons by Olga Volchkova” features a twist on traditional Eastern Orthodox icon painting.

Eastern Orthodox icons might date centuries but they remain a living tradition: newly made works continuing the long lineage can be found at various classes held around Melbourne; ...

When viewing the Chazen Museum of Art’s new exhibit, “Holy Image, Sacred Presence: Russian Icons, 1500-1900,” the old is-it-idolatrous-or-isn’t-it conundrum takes a back seat to an appreciation of the ...

Eastern Orthodox Christians observe Easter on May 5. Why so much later ... removes the flowers from the tomb and hands them to parishioners as they exit to take home and place beside their icons.

Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics believe that grace is the free and undeserved help that God gives us to respond to His call to become His adoptive ... The Eastern Orthodox venerate icons, ...