There are some icons that are always in an Orthodox church, always in the same places. For example, Mary is always on the left of the Iconostasis and next to her is the patron saint of the church.

Russian expatriates in Manhattan last week used Religion to plague Art for the sake of Politics. The excuse was an exhibition of Russian Orthodox icons loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by ...

Rev. Nazari Polataiko at the Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles is still haunted by the sound of sirens, even months after visiting his native Ukraine last summer ...

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

The prayer room is big enough for a platoon of soldiers, he said. Russian army platoons typically number between 21 and 28 troops. Two Orthodox icons hang either side of the entrance.

The Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church is tucked in a hilly area between charming residential enclaves in Silver Lake. It was built in the 1920s by Russian immigrants who fled the October ...

Rev. Nazari Polataiko at the Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles is still haunted by the sound of sirens, even months after visiting his native Ukraine last summer ...

The Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church is tucked in a hilly area between charming residential enclaves in Silver Lake. It was built in the 1920s by Russian immigrants who fled the October ...

The Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church is tucked in a hilly area between charming residential enclaves in Silver Lake. It was built in the 1920s by Russian immigrants who fled the October ...