The Akathist Hymn, which is chanted on the first five successive Fridays of Lent in the Eastern Orthodox Church, is dedicated ...

“The show opens with a Byzantine icon,” we wrote ... Only the lonely: We described a portrait of the nine-day queen as “one of the only paintings of Lady Jane Grey from her lifetime”.

It is chanted in all Orthodox Churches throughout the world during the five Fridays in Great Lent and constitutes a very ...

EXCLUSIVE: The original meaning of the Snow White fairy tale has been lost in the Disney remake, according to a myth and symbol expert - who unveils what it's really about.

The Pope waved from a hospital balcony in Rome in his first public appearance for five weeks after suffering from severe ...

The Gelati monastery, one of the largest medieval Orthodox monasteries, was also a centre of science ... growth between the reigns of King David IV 'the Builder' (1089-1125) and Queen Tamar (1184-1213 ...

Ocean liners were the ultimate icons of the machine age ... Among them was an ornate Byzantine chapel, a winter garden with ...

Tom Parker-Bowles is taking a trip down memory lane. The son of Queen Camila — who she shares with ex-husband Andrew Parker-Bowles, along with daughter Laura Lopes — spoke on the latest ...

Konstantin Nikolaev biography on mid-day.com: education at MSU, work in transportation logistics, port industry, withdrawing ...