Scripture, Image, Life: Orthodox Christianity January 7, 2010

Objects on view, including icons, volumes of sacred scripture and a liturgical psalter in Greek, maps and rare architectural portraits of Constantinople, testify to Orthodoxy's history, its unbroken line of ecclesiastical authority, its widespread cultural legacy, the transformation of its capitol city and its ability to preserve itself as well as adapt itself to the most pressing religious, human and ecological matters of the day.