Since July, tiny droplets of fragrant oil have trickled down an icon of St. John the Baptist in front of the altar at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Homer Glen. Parishioners believe the oil ...

In the village of Makhnovka, Kursk region, a miracle happened — an icon of the Mother of God began to flow myrrh in the local ...

The scented oil is emitting from an icon of St. John the Baptist at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Homer Glen. John Ackerman of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago says the church won't ...

Thousands of dollars worth of religious artwork, called icons, line the walls of St. John the Baptist Antiochian Orthodox Church in Post Falls. But it was a $20 mass-produced picture of the Virgin ...

“Icons have two purposes,” said Father John Hondros, the presiding parish priest of St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church. “One is that they are vessels of grace that bring the reality ...

After the Seventh Ecumenical Council (787), which reestablished the veneration of icons, the head of St. John the Baptist was returned to the Byzantine capital in around the year 850. The Church ...

Towering over Lafayette Square in the Historic District, the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist's Gothic towers should lure in any architecture buff. The original cathedral was established ...

John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, is one of only three people in history — after Jesus and Mary — whose birthday is celebrated in the Church’s liturgy. In fact, the Nativity of St ...

The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist is usually the center of St. Patrick’s Day here in Savannah. Its history is rich in Irish culture. “It’s a testimony to the people of faith, who had to overcome ...