Jul. 22—MIDDLETOWN — As a young boy in Greece, Nick Ververis spent his summer days peeking through the stained-glassed windows watching painters meticulously creating icons. Over time, Ververis, then ...
Earth Day tends to conjure up articles along a few different lines: doom and gloom; practical tips about how you can help the planet; or feature stories about someone doing good things for the ...
Rev. David Oravec clearly remembers that the email from Sweden arrived at 4:43 a.m. The pastor of St. Martin’s Lutheran Church in Annapolis had risen early to play racquetball and was intrigued by the ...
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Artist Miltiadis Afentoulis of Nyack is painting eight Byzantine-style icons depicting the life events of Jesus on the walls of the sanctuary of St. George’s Greek Orthodox Church on ...
BUTTE, Mont. — Most Christians observe Christmas on December 25th. But most Eastern Orthodox celebrate Christ's birth on January 7th. For parishioners at the Serbian Orthodox Church in Butte it was a ...
The leader of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine bestowed blessings upon 12 icons painted on body armor plates that saved the lives of Ukrainian soldiers as they battled invading Russian forces. 1 An ...
Preparation for the 50th New Orleans Greek Festival began in February, filling the Hellenic Cultural Center on Bayou St. John with volunteers and the fragrance of the parish's famous homemade Greek ...
In the whole history of the Orthodox Church in America, this has never been seen,” a priest said about the surge of young men ...