In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... Traditionally, the day starts out with local girls and women decorating a replica (or “epitaph”) of Christ’s funeral ...

But the outcome was the same, with England thumped in Brendon McCullum’s first one-day international as head coach. Do not be ...

Orthodox Christians in Russia marked the feast day of Epiphany on Sunday with a traditional dip into icy water even as local emergencies issued weather warnings. Local media showed people bathing ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and winepress Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent Archaeologists have uncovered an ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — An East Tennessee man faces multiple charges after allegedly entering a Jewish community center dressed to to “appear as an orthodox Jewish Rabbi,” according to the ...

Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper Access ... As Epiphany overlaps Orthodox Christmas, “we three kings of Orient are” visit ...

Thousands of Albanians Pay Last Respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects ...

Members of Spanish and Danish royal families gathered in Athens Friday for the wedding of Nikolaos, son of Greece’s late ...

The Byzantine contribution to education and higher learning is immense, despite often being overlooked. credit: Walters Art Museum / Public Domain / Wikimedia Commons The Byzantines, also known as the ...

The Byzantine tradition of icon painting proved particularly influential to Italian artists, giving them a rich canvas of ideas for religious imagery and representation that was awe-inspiring, austere ...

On January 19, Orthodox believers in Russia celebrate Epiphany, or the Baptism of the Lord, one of the 12 major Christian holidays (along with Easter) dogmatically connected with the events of the ...