The history of the Coptic Orthodox Church goes back to Mark ... Kirollos Shokry Fawzy, and a well-known icon from an Egyptian monastery which I have in my office. The icon is called Christ ...

How Christianity blurred the line between celibacy and androgyny.

"Coptic" means Egyptian. The Coptic are one of the original Christian Orthodox churches. For 2,000 years, they've been a persecuted church. And some scholars, said Hart, think they've had millions ...

A North Staffordshire church will remain a place of worship after being sold. The Archdiocese of Birmingham has confirmed the completion of the sale of the former St John the Evangelist church, ...

In Orthodox Christian iconography, a peculiar icon of Saint Christopher can be seen, depicting him with a dog's head.

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church in Macon unveils new iconography, enhancing worship with vibrant new iconography.

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

Controversy followed after an artist's works were vandalized by a Greek MP, labeling them as blasphemous for distorting ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

In the late 1800s, Nicola Yanney came from Lebanon to settle on a farm near Gibbon, Nebraska. He later became a St. George priest and traveled across the U.S.

Two large-scale icon paintings dominated the sanctuary of New York’s St. Vartan Armenian Cathedral, during its Sts.