As a gesture of spiritual and cultural respect, Putin presented the Archbishop with an icon of St. Herman of Alaska, the Orthodox patron saint of America and one of the first Orthodox missionaries to ...

MOSCOW — In a step toward improved relations between the Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, Patriarch Alexi II accepted the return Saturday of a centuries-old icon that had been in ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church ...

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Orthodox Christians across Alaska have been taking part in three days of prayer for peace ahead of Friday’s summit there between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President ...

News Spokane Christian Orthodox icon said to miraculously produce myrrh makes first trip to Inland Northwest Sept. 1, 2019 Updated Sun., Sept. 1, 2019 at 10:25 p.m. Myrrh appears to seep from the ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The permanent collection of Purdue University Galleries is now home to one of the largest private Orthodox Christian icon collections in the country, and an exhibition of these ...

WARREN — It was almost standing-room only as community members gathered this past week to view and pray to the Icon of Saint Paraskevi, which made a stop at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church ...

Russia's most famous icon -- the Trinity by Andrei Rublev -- was officially transferred to the use of Russia's Orthodox Church for a period of 49 years, despite protests from Russia's museum ...