Dozens of Orthodox faithful attended today the celebration of a ceremony of consecration and raising of the cross in the bell tower under construction of the Orthodox temple of the Holy Righteous ...

Across Russian-occupied Ukraine, Kremlin troops have shuttered places of worship since the first invasion began in 2014.

A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges.

Vladimir Putin congratulated Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the 16th anniversary of his enthronement.

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SOFIA - Nikolai Balashov, a senior Russian Orthodox priest sanctioned by Ukraine and reportedly a former KGB colonel general, was granted entry into Bulgaria following the Patriarch’s invitation and ...

The Patriarch who oversees the Russian Orthodox Church has depicted Moscow's invasion of Ukraine as part of a spiritual struggle against the West and gay pride parades. A council he presided over ...

The Russian Orthodox Church seeks to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian forces in Ukraine ...

Moscow is seeking to reverse the ... an Estonian entrepreneur, wrote: "The Russian Orthodox Church stated that HIMARS strikes on Russia are God's punishment for abortions. Well, if Putin's mother ...

A METROPOLITAN of the Russian Orthodox Church, who was once widely expected to be the next Patriarch of Moscow has blamed “slander and blackmail” for the Church’s decision to assign him to parish work ...

CHRISTIANS are being forced to worship in secret in parts of Ukraine occupied by Russia, as persecution of those who are not members of the Moscow-affiliated Orthodox Church intensifies, Release ...

who Russia vowed to protect, say they had little help from Moscow. In Bab Touma, the ancient Christian quarter of Damascus, the Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church says: "We did not have the ...