The beards of Orthodox priests are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... Devout followers are said to light an oil candle inside the home beside their icon-candle and keep this light burning ...

As a lifelong artist, Patricia Mattozzi embraced one of the little-known traditions of iconography: never signing her work.