A half-finished painting in a Greek Orthodox church of Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin cutting off the beard of a Christian saint has offended traditionalists who want the revolutionary ...

A community of Russian artists has attracted controversy by burning a model of what some say appears to be a Catholic church at an Orthodox Christian festival. Setting fire to an effigy is a ...

A revered religious painting that has just been transferred on President Vladimir Putin's orders from a museum to the Russian Orthodox Church needs a year of restoration and remains state property ...

Part of a fresco in the Lavra (photo: Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine) Empire in the frescoes. According to Maksym Ostapenko, the painting style of St. Andrew's Chapel follows the Russian-Byzantine ...

This year, Nikolay Polissky, the creator of the park – with the help of locals – created a giant 30-meter tall art object made of wood in the form of a Catholic cathedral. It was then set on fire.

A historic Russian church in Türkiye’s eastern Erzurum province was restored to its original form based on archival paintings. Built by Russian architect Mihaylovich Verbitsky in 19th century ...

Vatican City, Nov 20, 2018 / 10:05 am "Art, spirituality, beauty," are the three words Vatican Museums director Barbara Jatta used to describe a visiting exhibition of 54 Russian icons and ...

The Old Russian village of Palekh is located 350 km north-east of Moscow on the Golden Ring. Drawing from a mix of Fryazh and Stroganov icon-painting styles, the Palekh masters created their own ...