Icons' roots are in Byzantine culture and history, and Eastern Orthodox icons often portray Jesus Christ ... of these examples include representations of the Virgin Mary as the "Theotokos" or "Mother ...

The Rev. Nicholas Jonas says he was in disbelief when he saw tears streaming down the face of a painting of Mary holding the child Jesus ... icon was a miracle, but also a warning from the mother ...

After all, belief in Mary’s perpetual virginity, assumed by the Orthodox ... Jesus wasn’t drinking from a formula-filled bottle in 1st century Palestine. And if the most influential mother ...

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is unquestionably the senior saint ... had taken a firm hold in both the Western and Eastern Churches. The Eastern Orthodox Greek Church held to the dormition of Mary.

They are nonetheless helping to spread a craze for Mary, mother of Jesus, wearing designer Brenda ... Mary has become an icon to a younger generation of all faiths and no faith that has put ...

Long a fixture on devotional medals worn by Catholics, Mary is so central to Catholic spirituality that Pope Francis earlier this year had to debunk the notion that Jesus’ mother would be ...