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

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

A bejeweled icon, or encolpion, worn by Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem and all Palestine, venerates the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. I heard much the same from Byron ...

While Saint Valentine has become a global icon, the Orthodox Church has its own saints associated with love. On February 13, ...

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

Mount Athos is home to twenty monasteries where only monks are allowed to live and only males are allowed to visit, women are ...

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 ...

It's not even 6:30 a.m. and already the sun is beaming through the windows like it has something to prove. It's only magnified by the gleaming white-stone beach and aquamarine wat ...

However, in 1542 James V died; his only heir was the infant Mary, Queen of Scots ... of the Congregation stripped the altars, smashed the icons, destroyed the relics and whitewashed the walls ...

Sometimes the most random facts are the ones that stick with you, making you rethink things or giving you that perfect conversation starter. This collection dives into a little bit of everything—fun ...

A painting displayed in the Russel H. Kirkhof Center has ignited controversy at Grand Valley State University due to its ...