The Russian Orthodox Church is involved in mobilizing soldiers through the "Time of Heroes" program and encourages moving to ...

The parish priest of a church in Odesa Oblast affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate justified Russian aggression against Ukraine and incited religious hatred, an ...

That balance would be even further emphasized in the case of an ethnically specific religion like Russian Orthodoxy. Much like Anglicanism can never be divorced from its English roots, nor can the ...

Kolkata: The Greek Orthodox ... over the church, holds prayers every morning in addition to the Sunday mass. While Christmas is celebrated in the church along with other churches, Easter is ...

His congregation was decimated and his church shut down as part of Russia’s brutal crackdown against Ukrainian religious groups that are not affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church ...

A 2023 investigation found that the couple, though married by a priest in an elaborate ceremony, never formalized their vows at the registry office, as required by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrims celebrate Easter atop the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ... squeezed alongside three kerchiefed Russian women. The marble is back in place, protecting the burial ...

Critics of Putin decried the statement as antisemitic, noting parallels to Soviet state antisemitism under Josef Stalin.

IN A rare show of dissent, the Russian Orthodox Church has criticised new Soviet-style legislation in the State Duma which will ban religious services and prayer meetings in blocks of flats. “This ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is sending letters ... Patriarch Kirill during their gynecologist appointments at the Church Hospital of St. Alexis in Moscow,” Moskvitina said in a ...