The governing synod of the Russian Orthodox Church’s demoted Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev to parish work following claims of ...

Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin had asked Patriarch Kirill to consecrate the crosses and icons ...

Ukrainian presidential advisor Alexander Kamyshin says the strike on the Russian oil facility shows Kyiv has ‘superpowers’ ...

Patriarch Kirill, an enthusiastic backer of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, blessed icons and crosses that were to be engraved with the president’s initials and sent to servicemen in the 34-month-old ...

The Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ordered his initials to be engraved on chain links for crosses that are to be given to ...

Ukraine said on Tuesday its forces were ‘commencing new offensive actions’ in Russia’s western Kursk region, in its first substantive remarks two days after Russian reports of a renewed Ukrainian ...

After attending a midnight Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Vladimir Putin asked Patriarch Kirill to bless a ...

The Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ordered his initials to be engraved on the links of chains for crosses that are to be ...

Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7, following the Julian calendar. This highlights historical resistance to ...

Published January 7, 2025 last updated January 7, 2025 A Ukrainian military unit says it is still fighting for a strategic town in eastern Ukraine after Russia claimed victory there. Meanwhile, Moscow ...

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

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