Russian Orthodox icon on tour of U.S. parishes. November 5, 2009 at 4:50 a.m. by ANNA WEBB MCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS. BOISE, Idaho — Tears spring easily to the eyes of Yelena Brooks, a member of the ...

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 ...

Taking steps toward healingVatican's return of icon an effort to mend rift with Russian Orthodox By VICTOR L. SIMPSON , Associated Press Nov 6, 2004 VATICAN CITY - Call it icon diplomacy.

Liberal Arts announces gift of religious icons to Purdue Galleries. PHOTO CAPTION: This Russian icon of Christ Pantocrator is one of 132 icons Katherine "Betsy" Scheuring gave to Purdue Galleries' ...

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 ...

CLINTON – The Museum of Russian Icons will celebrate the 15th anniversary of its founding by presenting "Icons for Our Time: Orthodox Art from Around the World," an exhibition of 15 commissioned ...

A Russian icon that hung for years in Pope John Paul II's private chapel returned home to the Russian Orthodox Church yesterday, a gesture the ailing pontiff hopes will improve relations between ...

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 ...

A revered religious painting that has just been transferred on President Vladimir Putin's orders from a museum to the Russian Orthodox Church needs a year of restoration and remains state property ...