Icons' roots are in Byzantine culture and history, and Eastern Orthodox icons often portray Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and numerous saints and martyrs. The majority are painted in egg tempera on ...

Voluntary icons. There are some icons that are always in an Orthodox church, always in the same places. For example, Mary is always on the left of the Iconostasis and next to her is the patron saint ...

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church crying Virgin Mary painting draws crowds despite $2.5 million sale of the historic century-old church.

Along with images of Jesus Christ and his mother, the 12 apostles and several prophets, one of the many new icons at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Wilkes-Barre depicts the three young men from ...

RELATED: Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church sold for $2.5M amid weeping Virgin Mary icon Some members have taken the icon's weeping as a sign, a miracle, hoping it could save the church from being ...

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church crying Virgin Mary painting draws crowds despite $2.5 million sale of the historic century-old church. 24/7 Live Houston Southwest Southeast Northwest Northeast ...

A major official of the Eastern Orthodox faith pronounced the so-called weeping Madonna icon at a Northwest Side church to be an ”inexplicable sign” of deep religious importance Tuesday, but ...

Years later, a well-known and beloved Russian Orthodox icon known as Our Lady of Kazan, commonly referred to as "the protection of Russia," would become tied to the site of the Fatima apparitions ...

Around a century later, in 1037, Yaroslav the Wise, the Grand Prince of Kyiv, dedicated Ukraine to Mary. To this day Mary is known as “Queen of Ukraine,” among her many other titles, and Oct. 14 is ...

Last month's deadly church bombing outside Syria's capital is raising fears among the country's minority Christians. Some are ...