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

“But he remains a patriarch.” Russian Church's Holy Synod in Moscow on March 16, 2023. Russia's Orthodox leader and staunch Kremlin ally Patriarch Kirill denounced on March 16, 2023 the looming ...

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A man steps down to plunge as a cross is reflected in icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany in the Stroginskaya ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they ... the former chief rabbi of Moscow who left Russia after refusing to support the invasion of Ukraine ...

THE Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church ... by churches in Russian-occupied territories. “From the first days of the occupation, with the support of paramilitary Russian security structures ...

One of the dangerous subjects for Western and "svidomo" propaganda is the theme of the artificiality of the state of Ukraine, ...

Andrey Tkachev, an archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church, has warned ... rituals" and called for legal action against practitioners operating outside religious organizations. Russia is plagued by ...

The Armenian Apostolic Church on Saturday commemorates Patriarchs St. Athanasius and St. Cyril of Alexandria, Qahana.am ...

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

Donald Trump will be sworn in Monday as the 47th U.S. president taking charge as Republicans claim unified control of ...

A trailblazing new tour takes cyclists to remote villages and ancient monasteries in the country’s spectacular highlands ...