This is also the reason why most churches in Greece and other Eastern Orthodox-majority countries ... and liturgical customs that find their roots deep inside the core of the Byzantine Empire. Modern ...

The Byzantine imperial court celebrated Christmas with ceremonies and feasts in the capital of Constantinople.

orthodox icons stock illustrations Naive Orthodox Icon of Holy Trinity Glass Painting Icon painted on reverse glass in the naive orthodox style of Eastern Europe depicting the Holy Trinity ...

Some of the facts about the "Saint Nicholas and Scenes From His Life" are also unknown at present, but Willson said it is definitely by a class of artists from the Old Believers or Old Ritualists, of ...

The Art of the Icon reports that from the 4th to the 15th centuries the center of the Orthodox Christian Church was the center of the Byzantine Empire. Its icons represented the divine and taught ...

icons, and other material objects by human beings. Krause traces the origins of the notion of divine inspiration in the Jewish and polytheistic cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern ...

Manuel, emperor of the Byzantine Empire, was an Eastern Orthodox Christian, loyal to the Patriarch of Constantinople; Henry, king of the English, was a Roman Catholic, loyal to the pope in Rome. How ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Christina Sotirakoglou a handwriting expert, observes Byzantine paintings based on photographs prints, at ...

The castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary is one of Philadelphia's most important historic sites. Having opened in 1829, this Quaker-inspired prison sought to reform prisoners using isolation and ...