Orthodox Pentecost is a national holiday in Cyprus and is also observed by the more than 250 million Orthodox believers around the world. Aside from Easter, Pentecost is the highest feast on the ...

Titian spent his early years in Pieve di Cadore, in the Veneto region. He came from a well-off family—his father was a militia captain and mine inspector. However, despite this privilege, his formal ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Pentecost is the final celebration of the seven-week Easter period. According to Christian belief, Pentecost commemorates the day that the ...

Born Tiziano Vecellio in 1488, Titian, together with his studio in Venice, produced hundreds of paintings until his death in 1576. Researchers know that he re-used canvases on partially-finished work.