Women sell colored eggs and Easter bread from the cathedral steps on its lovely, tree-lined block in Carnegie Hill. Parishioners and visitors can then have priest bless the food for the next day ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

The lives of the saints Hagiographic icons became widespread in Russia. They focus on the life of the saint from their birth to canonization and glorification. Around the central field ...