The Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America and the Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW) have announced a historic ...

Once the largest Christian church for over a thousand years, Hagia Sophia was built under the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. Over time, it has served as a Greek Orthodox cathedral, a Roman ...

Through joint exhibitions, initiatives, virtual museum tours and educational programs, the two institutions seek to "marry" the Greek American Orthodox communities with the wider American public ...

Amazing stories behind the world's most historic cities where every pavement, every monument, every corner has an incredible ...

The veneration of icons was solemnly proclaimed at the Hagia Sophia Cathedral. The Empress ... the “Sunday of Orthodoxy”. Orthodox teaching about icons, as defined at the Seventh Ecumenical Council of ...

The first worshipers were welcomed on May 6, the day after Orthodox Easter ... The reconquest of Hagia Sophia? The conversions of Hagia Sophia and the former Chora church into mosques, while ...

This course examines the art and architecture of the Byzantine empire from its sources in Late Antique Rome to its fall in 1453 as well as its influence in the Orthodox ... the domed church and its ...

Greece is famous worldwide for its islands and crystal blue beaches. Of course, there is much more than that, as the country contains many surprises for visitors open to discover them. The north, the ...

"Christian missionaries are unable to return to the country they call home, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of the Orthodox Church has not ... Recep Tayyip Erdogan turned the Hagia Sophia, an ancient ...

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s Orthodox Church on Sunday elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall ...