For modern skeptics, the 6th-century icon hanging in the Orthodox monastery in the shadow of Mount Sinai is simply a 33-by-18-inch board covered in bees wax and colored pigments. For believers, this ...

A couple in Kyiv has raised $300,000 for a volunteer hospital by painting religious icons on empty ammunition boxes discarded during fighting in eastern Ukraine. 1 Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Klymenko ...

Christian Cairo is deeply significant for pilgrims and travelers due to its connection to the rich history of Christianity in ...

Along the flat highway that approaches the mountains of Meteora, Greece, on the second floor of offices, is a family-­owned workshop of Byzantine icons. Father Pefkis, the iconographer, serves locally ...

More info: In conjunction with the exhibit are five events, the last of which is a talk on iconography from Mary Flerchinger, a Peola, Washington, icon writer. Flerchinger’s talk is from 2-4 p.m. on ...

KYIV (Reuters) - Visiting a military base in 2014, Ukrainian artist and icon painter Oleksandr Klymenko was struck by how much the bottom and cover of a wooden ammunition box could resemble a ...

POCATELLO — Ardently involved with the Gate City’s Greek Orthodox Church, Danny Thiros, the late husband of Idaho State University Athletic Director Pauline Thiros, longed for the historic church ...

Do depictions of religious icons in art & architecture affect one’s experience with faith? Can depictions of religious icons in art & architecture have an impact on the deepness of one’s connection to ...

For modern skeptics, the sixth-century icon hanging in the Orthodox monastery in the shadow of Mount Sinai is simply a 33-by-18-inch board covered in beeswax and colored pigments. For believers, this ...

For modern skeptics, the sixth-century icon hanging in the Orthodox monastery in the shadow of Mount Sinai is simply a 33-by-18-inch board covered in beeswax and colored pigments. For believers, this ...