MOSCOW, Oct 1 (Reuters) - Russian authorities said on Thursday they had arrested two men suspected of tunnelling their way by night into an island monastery and stealing a Russian Orthodox icon ...

According to a TASS correspondent, following the Pentecost Sunday service, it will be kept in a special icon case at the cathedral accessible to all worshippers SERGIEV POSAD, June 22. /TASS/.

According to the journalist, when the police find such items in cars, a representative of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy or the National Reserve evaluates the item and decides whether ...

KIEV (Reuters) - The injured, bloodied and bandaged, lay beneath icons and candles on the floor of St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery. The combat fatigues and green helmets of some recalled the ...

At least 22 people, including three monks, were killed at a monastery in Myanmar’s Southern Shan State on Saturday as local insurgent groups and the military-backed junta accused each other of ...

The icon will be delivered to Sergiev Posad by car and placed in a temporary pavilion SERGIEV POSAD /outside Moscow/, June 21. /TASS/. Andrey Rublev’s Holy Trinity icon will be transported on June 22 ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Police have recovered a revered religious icon that was stolen from a monastery in southern Greece, after an intense five-week investigation, authorities said Saturday. The ...