Her head covering is the earth color, red, because of her humanity. Jesus' colors are inverted, his outer garment is blue and his inner is red, symbolizing his heavenly presence on Earth. There are ...

The Byzantine splendor of the Orthodox Church gleams in its ... "approved print of original icon of the Holy Mother of Jesus. Original painted by Konstandinos of Lesvos, Greece, 1872." ...

Thousands of Orthodox Christians made a pilgrimage on Friday to the Jordan River site where Jesus is believed to have been baptized. DNA Web Team Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST JERICHO, West ...

The seal of the Resurrection is so powerful that in extreme cases even the unbaptized can administer baptism—using water or ...

Orthodox Easter occurs anywhere from mid-April to early May ... who then carry them around the church while following an icon of Christ. This is done to recall Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

The Gospel of Thomas, a 2,000-year-old text that was left out of the Bible, contains 114 sayings that are attributed to Jesus, but they paint a new picture ...

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Much of the Christian world, especially the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches, have been roiled by reports that an ...

Like many Anglicans, I’ve been reciting some version of the Nicene Creed since I was old enough to sit through a church ...

Christians would flock to the Cave of Salome in Israel to pay tribute to Jesus' midwife. But a new study contests the ...