In their heavy beards and black garb—worn to signify their death to the world—the monks seem to recede into a Byzantine fresco, an ageless brotherhood of ritual, acute simplicity, and constant ...

Past articles have addressed subjects as diverse as Byzantine fresco programs, Carolingian architectural diagrams, Gothic rent books, Jewish ritual images, and Islamicate stucco ornament. We encourage ...

The painting looked like an ancient relic discovered in some long-forgotten desert monastery in the Holy Land, a ...

Accept and continue Ukraine is home to seven Unesco world heritage sites, including the St Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv with its wonderful golden domes and stunning Byzantine fresco of the Virgin Mary ...

During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again ...

Byzantine Fault Tolerance ensures cryptocurrencies function even if some nodes fail or are malicious. Blockchain uses consensus algorithms like proof of work or proof of stake for Byzantine Fault ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login The rulers of the Byzantine Empire and its commonwealth were protected both by their own soldiers and by a heavenly army: the military ...

It’s a stone-cold truth that Venice’s tourist tax, entry fee and crowds – with up to 40,000 visitors arriving a day – detract ...

Paintings, ceramics, photography, fashion, furniture and more: The V&A Museum is a treasure trove of art and design. Here’s ...

Pope Francis named a New Mexico pastor as bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy, apostolic nuncio to the United States Cardinal Christophe Pierre announced on Friday. Father Artur Bubnevych ...

Drop in on George Triantafyllou, an iconographer who paints and repairs the island’s churches and offers workshops teaching the techniques of the Byzantine fresco painters. Find some of the best ...