Romanians are preparing to will cast their ballots in a critical presidential vote redo after last year’s election was ...

St. John died in a building behind the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral on Capitol Hill. The room where he died is a ...

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as he ...

People stand in line to kiss an icon during the celebration of Orthodox Easter at Cross Lower Church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 20, 2025 ...

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Putin, when announcing the ceasefire before heading to an Orthodox Easter service, said the truce would show whether or not Ukraine was ready or able to implement peace. Putin thanked Trump ...

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The Tōkaidō was the most important route in 19th-century Japan. It connected Edo (modern-day Tokyo), the de facto capital where the shogunate held power, to Kyoto, the imperial seat.

Deprived of the world’s finest private collection outside the Orthodox world, the great bequests already held by the museum sunk into obscurity. The icons would have turned a national collection into ...