If you've ever been in an Orthodox church, you've undoubtedly been greeted with walls covered with icons.

The icon in the center shows Mary, the mother of Jesus, sometimes called the Theotokos, or God bearer, in Orthodox churches, holding her son.

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

A prayer service marking the third anniversary of the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine takes place Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Whitehall Township.

St. Mary's first priest, Rev. Father Moise Balea, served from 1905-Nov. 1907. He eventually established 20 parishes throughout the country and founded America, the first Romanian Orthodox newspaper ...

In Orthodox teaching and icons, there's no question that Mary's natural life had come to an end, said Father Nicholas Verdaris, head priest at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Little Rock.

Visitors to St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of Maryland in Cooksville this weekend can experience a Mediterranean market, purchase Egyptian souvenirs, and try out Mediterranean cuisine while celebr… ...

Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Christian Church in Butte celebrated Christmas on January 7th. The church's interior is filled with iconography that interprets scripture through color and ink.

SAINT CLAIR – On a skyline replete with the distinctive architecture of Eastern Orthodox churches, the newly painted dome atop St. Mary’s Orthodox Church beamed brightly in the afternoo… ...

Reasons for converting vary, including marrying into the faith, or the spirituality of Orthodox liturgy’s beauty, complete with robes, ringing bells, incense smells and beautiful painted icons.