June 19m 325, the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumneical council of the Christian Church. Why the Nicean Creed that ...

If we agree that on-screen depictions of Jesus that add things to Scripture aren’t automatically evil, then “The Chosen” actually comes out seeming like something of a miracle. It sticks pretty darn ...

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

Mega location shoots, animal cruelty and transphobia – these pictures wouldn’t be made today. But is that right?

Orthodox Christian art has almost nothing in common with its Catholic and Protestant counterparts despite the shared ...

The tradition of icon painting began to develop simultaneously with the development of Christianity. In the modern era, avant-garde artists who searched for new expressive methods directed their ...

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 ...

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." ...

In rare icons, she’s represented pregnant or as an older woman. She’s either portrayed alone or, most often, holding the baby Jesus, as in the Genazzano 15th century painting, a close-up of the two ...

Jesus' colors are inverted, his outer garment is blue and his inner is red, symbolizing his heavenly presence on Earth. There are some icons that are always in an Orthodox church, always in the ...