(RNS) — Pentecost reminds us that collective action, inspired by hope and guided by faith, is transformative.

On Sunday, following his first Sunday mass as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV met with Ukrainian President ...

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in the country, has some of the most impressive Byzantine-style icons in Houston. The gray stone cathedral with a gold dome sits ...

FOR A FIRST-TIME visitor, Sunday services at St. Spiridon Orthodox Cathedral evoke elaborate ... their sanctuary and stripped it bare, removing icons, altars and religious art.

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 ...

But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January ... A team of artists started painting these icons in 2003, and finished a few years later. "The lead artist Uglishe Melitios, said ...

Stalker 2 will force you to make a bunch of tough choices, and one of the first will be who to give the Orthodox icon to: Mityay or Pomor. Both of these men would like to keep the painting ...

The Holy Spirit may be expressed through flames, doves, pomegranates, or other sacred icons. The religious services held for Pentecost depend on the church but mostly focus on the glorification and ...

It marks the end of the Apostles’ Fast, which begins a week after Pentecost. Historically, Orthodox Serbs have believed that Petrovdan ... lit and is meant to burn until the end of the day. An icon of ...

The apparently coordinated attacks targeted the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on the Orthodox festival of Pentecost ... tried to set fire to its main icon and then opened fire, Izvestia ...

The attacks targeted the cities of Derbent and Makhachkala on the occasion of the Orthodox feast of Pentecost. Dagestan has a long history of militia attacks carried out by Islamist militias.