Easter eggs have a long and storied history. These are the early origins and symbolism of eggs throughout history as we head ...

Ash Wednesday is a special day when Christian faithful mark the beginning of the Lent season that is observed in the 40 days ...

The social position of Byzantine women is not easy to assess considering the vast reach of the empire and the many cultures it encompassed.

The women wore gold jewelry with their faces tinted yellow as they sat cross-legged on rugs ... village elders solemnly wrapped his head in a purple turban. Beneath the pageantry, however ...

One of the murals is believed to depict Jesus holding a cross in a cross-legged position ... and values of the people who created them. In the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, Jesus is often depicted with ...

As Catholics journey towards Calvary, they undertake many particular practices and devotions during the Lenten season.

Greek Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna rebuked the US State Secretary after he spoke publicly with a cross on his forehead ...

They’re mostly marketing images and renders of the purple model — supposedly dubbed “Iris” — and closely match the design we’ve seen before, complete with an almost perfectly flat ...

Lent 2025: Why people walk around with a smudged cross of ashes on their foreheads ... and the start of the 40-day Lent period until the Orthodox Easter, in the port town of Galaxidi.