The holy icon of Panagia Soumela, located in the homonymous Holy Church in Vermio, northern Greece, is the symbol of Hellenism in Pontus.

According to father Eleftherios Tatsis, the Holy icon of Panagia and a donation box have been stolen from a Greek Orthodox church Panagia Kamariani, on February 10, 2020. Stories from ...

Colors are important and symbolic in icons. Russian Orthodox for example use bright colors, but Greek Orthodox and Antiochian Orthodox use earth tones that are similar to those used in icons ...

Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church on Grand Avenue. From 1959 to 1981, Ververis painted eight icons, two large angels and a portrait of Virgin Mary above and behind the altar. Before his ...

RHODES, Greece — As flames approached the 19th-century Monastery of Panagia Ipseni, the nuns inside steeled themselves. A village seer in the 1990s dreamed of women in charge of the sanctuary ...

She talks to SBS Greek about Mona's new exhibition 'Heavenly Beings: Icons of the Christian Orthodox World' 'Heavenly Beings: Icons of the Christian Orthodox World is the first exhibition at Mona ...