Tears spring easily to the eyes of Yelena Brooks, a member of the congregation of St. Seraphim of Sarov Russian Orthodox Church in Boise, when she talks about the Kursk Root icon.

Orthodox Christians revere Russian icons as sacred devotional pieces. But to others around the world, they are magnificent treasures, collected and cherished for their beauty, artistry and history ...

Russian Orthodox Icon Returns from Rome. Bryon Macwilliams Vatican September 12, 2004. MOSCOW — An icon held sacred by Pope John Paul II has been returned to Russia as a gesture of good will ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday, May 27, dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, today dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church from a ...

Two large maternity hospitals in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan will soon display Russian Orthodox icons of the Virgin Mary, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports.

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity icon to the Church ...