These were the bleak circumstances in which the icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy was painted. It shows the world of the Byzantine Empire ... the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in her arms.

These were the bleak circumstances in which the icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy was painted. It shows the world of the Byzantine Empire ... the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child in her arms.

Believed to stand directly above Jesus Christ's tomb, the Church of the Holy ... Emperor Constantine originally built the church in 326 A.D. as a Byzantine place of worship. Since its formation ...