e Sunday following January 6 to allow people to attend Mass. In France, this feast is thus celebrated the second Sunday after Christmas. In the Orthodox Church, the feast commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan and the manifestation of the Divine Trinity (which is the etymological mea ...
Serbian Athens to admire its colorful facades and Austro-Hungarian inspired architecture. Complete your discovery of the city with a visit to the Orthodox buildings of St. Nicholas and St. George, without forgetting to take a trip to the Vojvodina Museum. This archaeological museum traces the hi ...
Even if you don't know its name, you have surely seen photos of the village of Oia in the Cyclades! With its narrow streets, whitewashed houses, and Orthodox churches with magnificent blue domes, this village on the island of Santorini is like a postcard... It is, in fact, the stereotypical image p ...
omenade des Anglais but also the Quai des États-Unis, Mont Boron, the hills of Cimiez and Baumettes, not to mention the Cathedral of Saint Nicolas (an Orthodox cathedral nicknamed 'the Russian church' by the people of Nice). While this inscription does not provide the city with any financial sup ...
arians, and Serbs but also Bulgarians, Italians, and Greeks. These different communities coexist in perfect harmony, each practicing their religion (Orthodox, Catholic, Jewish, Protestant, Lutheran, and Muslim among others), making this city a model of tolerance and openness to the world. 4- It is ...
collection is not limited to paintings but traces the history of art from Antiquity to 1900. I was thus surprised to see Greek black-figure vases and Orthodox icons gilded with gold leaf. To be completely honest, I didn't have time to explore the entire permanent collection as it spans an area of ...
