Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

Your birth, O Christ our God, dawned the light of knowledge upon the earth. For by Your birth those who adored stars, were ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is sending letters in support of new mothers in Russia as part of a new project designed to encourage pregnant women to keep their babies, according to a ...

Festival Icons for the Christian Year by John Baggley (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2000), pp. 111-115. The Festal Menaion translated by Mother Mary (South Canaan, PA: St. Tikhon’s ...

Photo provided One of the Nativity scenes that will be on display at Gift of the Nativity this weekend. Unique Nativity scenes will come together to create a whimsical winter wonderland for all ...

Actors present the story of Jesus’ birth during a live Nativity pageant Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024, at the Bethlehem Rose Garden. The three wise men enter as volunteer actors present the story of ...

Making his customary visit to the Rome Basilica of St. Mary Major to pray before his trip to the French island of Corsica, ...

Lakeshore Church in Byram hosted its 11th annual Way of the Nativity drive-thru event. The two-day event takes cars through scenes from the Bible, starting at the Garden of Eden and ending at the ...

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - Youth members of the First Methodist Church in Pascagoula are coming together to reenact the story of the Nativity. Members of the youth group dress up, and the church ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis presided over his weekly general audience Wednesday alongside a Palestinian-crafted Nativity scene that was missing its eyebrow-raising signature element ...

What you're looking for is a simple hole in the ground at that point with a ladder leading down into the cellar - the Religious Orthodox Icon is down there on a shelf. However, when you reach the ...

A Nativity scene made by artisans from Bethlehem was the source of controversy this week for including a Palestinian keffiyeh with the child Jesus in the manger — but according to the project ...