Icons' roots are in Byzantine culture and history, and Eastern Orthodox icons often portray Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and numerous saints and martyrs. The majority are painted in egg tempera on ...

"Icons in their purest form are a way to contemplate the divine," said Helen C. Evans, curator of a monumental show on Orthodox iconography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

There will be a presentation on Eastern Orthodox icons at St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, 64 Forrester St., Salem, on Sunday, June 22, at 12:30 p.m.

Bowes started out painting traditional Eastern Orthodox icons, but gradually incorporated iconography from many other religions, some controversial like a black Madonna, a female whirling dervish ...

The eastern and western churches divided in 1054. In South Florida, there are only three Antiochian Eastern Orthodox churches, one in Coral Gables, the one in Davie, and one in West Palm Beach.

KHARKIV, Ukraine — Down in the cold, dark basement, the walls are decorated with Eastern Orthodox icons, a poster of Princess Diana and shelves filled with stuffed toys. Sheets with animal ...

The Orthodox tradition developed from the Christianity of the Eastern Roman Empire and was shaped by the pressures, politics and peoples of that geographical area.