“We are the ones who inherited this birthplace of Christianity. I think we are agents to carry this as witnesses to the whole world,” says Father Nabil Haddad, a priest in the ancient Melkite Catholic Church who lives in Amman. More →

February 14, 2014

Iconographer Seraphim O’Keefe talks about how icons play a role similar to fasting in the Orthodox tradition. Both, he says, are ways of finding order and beauty. More →

May 1, 2013

In the Orthodox Christian tradition fasting is not about deprivation or suffering, says Catherine Mandell, author of “When You Fast: Recipes for Lenten Seasons.” More →

March 2, 2012

  BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: Now, “writing” religious icons. In the Orthodox Christian tradition, icons are said to be written, not painted. The Orthodox consider making icons more a form of prayer than art, and they believe the iconographer’s hand is … More →

April 9, 2004

BOB ABERNETHY: Now, Belief & Practice. This Sunday is Pascha or Easter for the world’s more than 250 million Eastern Orthodox Christians. They observe the Julian calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar followed by most westerners. For the Orthodox, Holy … More →

April 28, 2000