The anti-abortion movement is on the rise in Russia, and the Kremlin is responding by changing the law to make terminations more difficult.

Rabbanit Leah Sarna, the first senior rabbinic leader of her Orthodox synagogue, opens a crack in a persistent glass ceiling.

Six of Maharat’s alumnae have founded their own communities, in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Haifa, Tel Aviv, London and Paris. Others were hired to lead or co-lead congregations across the United States.

Twin sisters Amy and Julie Mastrine, along with Josh Horner and Sloane Argyle, spent parts of their lives either not regularly attending church or exploring different religions and philosophies. All ...

The Estonian Ministry of the Interior is close to finalizing a draft bill that would lead the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (MPEÕK) to cease its activities in Estonia. According ...

The Ministry of Internal Affairs demands that the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (EOC MP) sever all ties with the Russian church authorities. This was reported by ERR. At the end ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

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As with many other natives of Saaremaa, Rüütel, born May 10, 1928, was baptized into the Estonian Orthodox Church at a time when Estonia was an independent republic. Estonia's former presidents are ...

Women played diverse and influential roles in the Byzantine Empire that extended far beyond the domestic affairs of each family.