Last month, the Russian Orthodox Church canonized a new saint: Olga Michael, who lived in the small ton of Kwethluk, Alaska, until her death in 1979. St. Olga is the first Yup’ik to be canonized in ...

Russian Orthodox for example use bright colors, but Greek Orthodox and Antiochian Orthodox use earth tones that are similar to those used in icons painted thousands of years ago.

The Museum of Russian Icons presents Icons & Retablos: Devotion in Russia and Mexico, March 2–August 27, 2023. This exhibition, created in collaboration with New Mexico State University, will ...

"St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska," as she is officially known, was canonized June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and his wife Svetlana took part in an Orthodox Easter service held by Kirill at the biggest Russian ...

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian Orthodox Church has fervently stood behind the Kremlin’s policies and worked to bolster military morale. On ...

Last week, the Kuskokwim community of Kwethluk welcomed hundreds of pilgrims for the glorification of St. Olga in the St. Nicolas Russian Orthodox Church. It was the first event of its size for the ...

Two exhibitions open Saturday, Dec. 2, at the Museum of Russian Art in Minneapolis. “Nature’s Saints: Icons by Olga Volchkova” features a twist on traditional Eastern Orthodox icon painting.

Guercino’s King David has now joined its two companion works at the National Gallery, settling £5.6m in inheritance tax from ...

With hand-painted icons, the people of St. George Orthodox Church remember the lives of saints, Christ and their founders from the Middle East.

ODESA, Ukraine >> Russia struck the Ukrainian Black Sea city of Odesa again on Sunday, keeping up a barrage of attacks that has damaged critical port infrastructure in southern Ukraine in the past ...

Several Orthodox monks and martyrs with ties to Alaska are already recognized as saints by the Orthodox Church in America, the now-independent offspring of the Russian Orthodox Church.