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.

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 ...

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 ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church ...

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 ...

After its stay at the Christ the Saviour, the icon will be transported to the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius – the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Moscow – where it had ...

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.

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