This past Sunday was my 4-year-old son's first communion at our local Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Washington, D.C. I spent so many Sundays in my childhood doing the same ...

MOSCOW — An icon held sacred by Pope John Paul II has been returned to Russia as a gesture of good will intended to help bridge the long-standing divide between the Roman Catholic and Russian ...

The Vatican recently returned a Russian icon revered by the country's Orthodox community, ... The church uses a mainly Orthodox liturgy, but it is loyal to the pope. Nov 6, 2004.

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 ...

The Argentine pope is particularly devoted to Marian icons. Long-running tensions in Russia between Orthodox faithful and Catholics in Russia prevented Pope Benedict XVI and before him Pope John ...

Visit a Roman Catholic and an Eastern Orthodox liturgy, and the differences are stark: Catholic statues vs. Orthodox icons, celibate vs. married priests, communion wafers vs. hunks of bread. Pay ...

Pope John Paul II (search), in a gesture of friendship with the Orthodox Church, on Saturday handed over the bones of two early Christian saints that were brought to Rome from ancient ...

Russian Orthodox church leaders have welcomed Pope John Paul II’s decision to return a precious icon to Russia, a representation of Mary and Child that was handed over in Moscow in late August by a ...

Russian president presents an icon of the Madonna of Vladimir to the pope; Pope Francis is particularly devoted to Marian icons; VATICAN CITY (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown ...

(RNS) Visit a Roman Catholic and an Eastern Orthodox liturgy, and the differences are stark: Catholic statues vs. Orthodox icons, celibate vs. married priests, communion wafers vs. hunks of bread ...