[hdplay videoid=10]   Tbilisi, Georgia (CNN) -- At the end of a Sunday church that lasts more then three hours, the frail spiritual leader of Georgia's Orthodox Christians emerges through the doors of Ho

Early Renaissance Iconic Painting: On the Precipice of Modernity Seeing the known anew is the grace of every great exhibition. In front of The Adoration of the Magi, by Michael Damaskenos at “The Origi

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is atoning for the sins of the Bolsheviks — or delivering a heavy blow to Russian culture, depending on whom you ask. His government is pushing to transfer thousands of “relig

The icon of the Dormition of the Theotokos, celebrated yesterday, shows the Mother of God lying on her deathbed. Jesus Christ, surrounded by angels, tenderly holds her luminous soul which in His glory He has

FORT JACKSON, S.C. — Priests, rabbis, imams and Protestant ministers who serve as U.S. military chaplains came together Thursday to dedicate themselves and the nation's first joint military school for tending

Saints at a Cultural Crossroads By HOLLAND COTTER At monasteries on Mount Athos in northern Greece, you wake in the night to the sound of Greek Orthodox monks chanting Byzantine prayers. It’s an unforgett

Princeton, N.J. — This spring the Princeton University Art Museum is proud to present the major international loan exhibition Architecture as Icon: Perception and Representation of Architecture in Byzantine

PARIS — Russian icons, with their somber tones and gold-framed visages, perplex many western art viewers. The Louvre Museum is seeking to lift that mystery by throwing its influential spotlight on the icons,