Religion has become a powerful tool for Russia in its war against Ukraine, with the Orthodox Church playing a prominent role ...

The concept of the Russkiy Mir, or Russian World, positions Russia as more than a nation; it is a unique civilization whose ...

Ties the Estonian Orthodox Church (MPEÕK) has to the Moscow Patriarchate remain a potential influence risk from Kremlin ...

More than this, however, Vladimir Putin now is resorting to foot soldiers from a notoriously anti-religious regime for a fight that he has claimed is about saving Russian civilization and the Russian ...

An independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) that was set up after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 to be fully independent of Moscow has seen its popularity grow rapidly since President Vladimir ...

On African tour, Metropolitan Constantin of Zaraïsk a representative of Moscow's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill visited a Beninese parish, signaling the Moscow Patriarchate's growing influence across the ...

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC), which counted 6% of the respondents as followers, has for years faced accusations that it is a tool of Moscow's influence in Ukraine and that some of its ...

Ukraine is moving to outlaw Russia-linked church Kyiv accuses the UOC of spreading Russian propaganda The UOC has tried to distance itself from Moscow Clerics in Russia accuse Kyiv of religious ...

More than this, however, Vladimir Putin now is resorting to foot soldiers from a notoriously anti-religious regime for a ...

In Russia, Ukrainian Move to Ban Moscow-Linked Church Stirs Anger MOSCOW (Reuters) -Speaking behind the thick white walls of Moscow's ancient Danilov Monastery, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk is ...

An independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) that was set up after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 to be fully independent of Moscow has seen its popularity grow rapidly since President Vladimir ...

STORY: At the ancient Danilov Monastery in Moscow, archpriest Igor Yakimchuk ... Kyiv that targets the Russia-linked Ukrainian Orthodox Church , or UOC, which has long dominated religious life ...