In Orthodox Christian iconography, a peculiar icon of Saint Christopher can be seen, depicting him with a dog's head.

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This mystical site, which sits along one of Europe's most beautiful stretches of coastline, is one of the continent's last ...

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How Christianity blurred the line between celibacy and androgyny.

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Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

The history of the Coptic Orthodox Church goes back to Mark ... According to tradition, Mark was arrested in Alexandria on Easter Day of AD 68 and dragged to his death. Thus, he is considered ...

The matter of icon veneration, which is big in the Roman Catholic camp, but especially in the Eastern Orthodox tradition, is ...

In Greece, Orthodox Easter is celebrated with an entire week of festivities ... Devout followers are said to light an oil candle inside the home beside their icon-candle and keep this light burning ...

Orthodox Easter occurs anywhere from mid-April to early May ... who then carry them around the church while following an icon of Christ. This is done to recall Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem.

The Byzantine Empire in the 7th century was wrecked by military strife. The empire was halved, with its richest territories ...