Does the Russian Orthodox Church believe that Russia, through its invasion of Ukraine, is "restraining" the appearance of the ...

Nicolas Myers’ account of the history of the Russian Orthodox Church is lacking: The role of the Orthodox Church in the Russian Empire diverged significantly from that of any Western Christian ...

Vladimir Putin and the patriarch of Russia’s Orthodox Church sent a rather unfriendly message to the West during their ...

The Russian Orthodox Church is an outspoken exception. Patriarch Kirill, who leads the church, has described the conflict as a “holy war” and said that any young man who died in action would ...

A quarter of a century has now passed since Boris Yeltsin's ceding of power. No one then thought that the peaceful and flourishing Russia that celebrated Moscow's 850th anniversary in 199 ...

Russia's invasion, which began in February 2022, has also been a source of religious controversy within the Eastern Orthodox ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the congregation for an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Monday evening.

Kiev held a mass to thank Constantinople for recognising the Ukrainian Church's independence The Russian Orthodox Church has cut ties with the Church leadership in Istanbul, the Constantinople ...

Russian President 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 ...

Moscow Patriarch Kirill accused the West of "hating" Russia because it represents "an alternative path of civilizational ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.

Russian Orthodoxy was promoted and Catholic monasteries were closed. Often, the Orthodox Church would take over ... and were supporters of the Tsar. The introduction of Russification resulted ...