In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, a priest blesses parishioners after an Orthodox Epiphany ...
Does the Russian Orthodox Church believe that Russia, through its invasion of Ukraine, is restraining the appearance of the ...
And it is now backing the creation of a new unified Orthodox Church based in Kiev. Getty Images Mt Athos monastery ... which it controlled before the Russian empire expanded.
Russian president ... as the defender of the Orthodox faith, and he even allowed the church to regain a level of prominence in Russia not seen since before the revolution. Yet, the reality may ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the congregation for an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Monday evening.
Built a few years before the revolution, it has a history that reflects the fate of the Russian Orthodox Church in the 20th century. Its walls remember the First World War and two revolutions ...