A 4 c. BC Greek fresco bearing striking similarities to the traditional portrayals of the Virgin Mary has been discovered in Aigai, Greece.

A Texas Green Orthodox church is embarking on the final phase of a multimillion-dollar, yearslong expansion project amid ...

The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

Father Spyridon has prayed, worked and welcomed the faithful in a monastery carved into a cliffside high above the Aegean Sea ...

For more than 50 years, Spyridon Denaxas — or Father Spyridon, as he’s affectionately called — has prayed, worked and ...

Mosaics, icons and wall frescoes ... surviving when Byzantine emperors banned the use of religious images. A depiction of Christ, the Virgin Mary, archangels and apostles was chopped into pieces ...

The monk who lives in the cliffs of a Greek tourist island - For more than 50 years, Father Spyridon has welcomed the ...

My works are not icons of worship ... that Zaralikos’ act “contains content that insults the Orthodox Faith and our Virgin Mary”, adding, “I am fully aware of the indignation of many ...

The Byzantine Museum of the Archbishop Makarios ... But the depiction of Christ, the Virgin Mary, archangels and apostles was hacked off the walls in the late 1970s, chopped into pieces and ...

Located on a remote cliff peninsula in the village of Paleokastritsa, the Byzantine monastery is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the site ... museum of Byzantine icons, books, relics and a ...

Bright white buildings, sunlit hills, delicious cuisine, and ancient ruins scattered throughout the city all make Athens one of the most incredible cities in Europe. The capital of Greece is a ...