Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other ...

But most Eastern Orthodox ... a full sized icon of St. George, "the great martyr." "He's dressed in his full military regalia," he said. " He was a soldier." There's the death of Mary, the mother ...

Greek monks were trying to build monasteries in places that were hidden or difficult to access in order to protect them from ...

The monks’ republic situated on the peninsula of Mount Athos in the north-western region of Greece was founded in 963 and is home to twenty monasteries with Orthodox monks ... is the name given to the ...

St. Elizabeth and St. Luke's may have closed, but their history can be preserved by those who lived it. Anyone can look up ...

The Reformation split the Church into Catholic and Protestant factions, creating two roads to salvation - both of which claimed to be true. So it was very important to people that the Scottish state ...

A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem and all Palestine, venerates the Virgin Mary and the ... This is St. Peter’s Memorial, consecrated ...

From their wedding in 1955 to decades of contributions in education, faith, and community, the Papadopoulos legacy continues ...

However, in 1542 James V died; his only heir was the infant Mary ... the nation. In St Andrews the army of the Lords of the Congregation stripped the altars, smashed the icons, destroyed the ...

One of Maaloula's main monuments is the Greek Orthodox Convent of ... Near the St. Paul Cathedral stands the iconic shrine, Our Lady of Lebanon, where a high, white-coloured statue of the Virgin Mary ...

The latest round of iconography is being installed at St. Matthew Orthodox Church in Green Bay. Officials say the tradition ...