The totemlike illuminated towers, patterned with intricate motifs of Ethiopian Orthodox crosses stenciled and laser-cut out of mirror acrylic, are influenced by Ethiopian architecture, including ...

The victorious participant receives the cross, and others who dove with him ... as Three Kings Day in Western Christianity. However, Orthodox Christian churches may celebrate on different dates ...

The lakeside Blessing of the Waters ceremony, in which ice crosses are dropped into the water, is an annual event for St. Michael’s Antiochian Orthodox Christian Church. It commemorates the ...

Visit the homepage for more information. Eastern Orthodox churches today, to be differentiated from Roman Catholic communions of the Eastern Rite, are those churches which find their apostolic head in ...