EditorialA priest blesses worshipers and their baskets outside an Orthodox Easter service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialA priest blesses worshipers and their baskets outside an Orthodox Easter service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialA priest blesses worshipers and their baskets outside an Orthodox Easter service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialA priest blesses worshipers and their baskets outside an Orthodox Easter service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialA priest blesses worshipers and their baskets outside an Orthodox Easter service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialA priest blesses worshipers and their baskets outside an Orthodox Easter service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialA priest blesses worshipers and their baskets outside an Orthodox Easter service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialA priest blesses worshipers and their baskets outside an Orthodox Easter service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialA priest blesses worshipers and their baskets outside an Orthodox Easter service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, April 16, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialWorshippers gather outside the Christmas liturgy service at the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, being led by Metropolitan Epiphanius, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, in Kyiv on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. (Brendan Hoffman/The New York Times)
EditorialAnnunciation, Nativity, Dormition and Coronation of the Virgin. Date/Period: Ca. 1295. Painting. Tempera on parchment mounted on wood. Height: 480 mm (18.89 in); Width: 653 mm (25.70 in).
EditorialMaster of the Altarpiece of Graudenz (late of 14th century-early 15th century). Polyptych from Graudenz. Detail of the Dormition of the Virgin. Pomerania, ca.1390. From the Chapel of the Teutonic Knights Castle in Graudenz (Poland). National Museum. Wa...
EditorialDeath of the Virgin (dormition), from the apse of Gracanica Church. While Saint Mary lies on her deathbed, Christ lifts up her soul in the form of a newborn child.