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

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 ...

As always, Nadya Tolokonnikova came to make some noise. At the Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles, the founder of the ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in eastern Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church ... Archimandrite ...

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has angled for a summit with U.S. President Trump where the two leaders could hash out a settlement ...

The fall of the regime in Damascus has also led to a backlash against the Orthodox patriarchate heir to one of the most ...

As 2025 begins, Russia ends its official“Year of the Family .” But the state has been promoting what it calls“traditional” or ...

On January 19 (January 6, old style), the Orthodox Church commemorates the event ... s press service first reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin had plunged into the ice hole at Lake ...

Donald Trump has threatened Vladimir Putin with high tariffs and sanctions if he does not end the Ukraine war soon, saying: 'It's time to make a deal." Meanwhile, a Russian spy ship has been ...

Metropolitan Hilarion poses for a photo with Russian President Vladimir Putin after receiving the ... the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) announced its decision December 27 ...

head of the Russian Orthodox Church's (ROC) legal department, in a mid-December statement. “Sacraments such as communion, anointing, and other religious rites performed by clergy in residential ...