Newtonville iconography studio, Byzantine Artworks LLC is creating mosaic iconography inside the St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox ...

Then there's George Papastamatiou, 77, of Sudbury, a third-generation (and world-renowned) iconographer who's working on a ...

At the height of the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople was the jewel of the Christian world, a city of breathtaking palaces, sprawling forums, and magnificent churches like Hagia Sophia. Its walls had ...

Chris Erik Thomas interviews Nina Kintsurashvili in the context of her current exhibition at Berlin gallery Bukia Vakhania ...

Politicians have been sneaking into religious art for centuries. The Byzantine emperor Justinian had himself depicted in a ...

With a clutch of new hotels, a hyperlocal food scene, and the return of the Biennale Arte, there are more reasons to visit ...

A 13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. The 700-year-old fresco is thought to be the only ...

In a city where beauty is measured in centuries, and every street tells a story, the Brunelleschi Hotel offers something ...

The Byzantine Empire was one of the first societies to offer its citizens some form of what we now call universal healthcare.

The Roman Empire transformed into Byzantium in the 7th century. Mural of the walls of Constantinople at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Photo credit: Argos’Dad Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 The ...

An ancient Christian monastic complex was recently uncovered in Egypt — shedding new light on monastic life in Upper Egypt during the Byzantine era. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

SCHUYLKILL HAVEN — Continuing an artistic tradition begun in the 3rd Century, Kim Fritzges paints early Byzantine icons in Studio 311 at the Walk In Art Center. Surrounded by sorrowful images of ...