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Saints Peter and Paul Orthodox Church in Charlottetown has a new wall of paintings and icons that is being called a "window to heaven." The iconostasis, a wall generally used to separate the ...
The Laurentian Monastery has impressive mosaic icons, inscriptions, orthomarmorizations, ornate relief tiles and symbolic ...
A Greek Orthodox church in the Gaza Strip which was sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians was hit overnight by an Israeli air strike, the Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, and ...
At Jersey City, a Coptic Christian Community Rises, Along With Its Distinctive Ancient Iconography This living tradition is being carried on by Professor Stephane Rene, who is currently painting a ...
‘We were baptised here and we will die here’: Gaza’s oldest church bombed At least 18 dead after Israeli air strike hit Greek Orthodox church in Gaza City which served as shelter for displaced.
Ukraine has adopted a law to ban religious groups linked to Moscow in a move targeting the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which the government has accused of complicity in Russia’s full-scale ...
Dozens of Orthodox priests have defected from the church since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. “Russia is fighting to keep its grip,” Mr. Gotisan said.
Updated at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 9, 2024 In late August of 2018, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, flew from Moscow to Istanbul on an urgent mission. He brought with him ...