Russian Orthodox for example use bright colors ... Aside from those mandatory icons, each church can choose the other icons they want displayed as well as how many they want.

First established in Poland in 1885, the “new convent” eventually found a home in Normandy in 1950 after a long wandering. Its history and profile attract many Russians abroad, who intend ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill ... and asked Kirill to consecrate crosses and icons he prepared as gifts for commanders of his troops fighting ...

Religious icons decorated the corners of the room. Burning incense and candles cast a warm glow on the focused faces of Russian Orthodox Old Believers as they embraced the divine moments of their ...