The Feb. 24 anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was an opportunity to offer "ever more fervent prayers for peace," ...

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 ...

The Russian Orthodox Church was rising everywhere ... Then, finding funds and labor where he could, he rebuilt the churches and restored the grounds. The results are stunning: Busloads of pilgrims ...

“Putin wants to rebuild the Russian Empire — if Ukraine ... religious groups not aligned with the Russian Orthodox Church are persecuted.” Archbishop Shevchuk described the forced ...

As President Donald Trump's administration works toward a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) are warning that Vladimir Putin's Russia ...

MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. The Russian Orthodox Church has recognized Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople as a schismatic based on the Orthodox Church canons, Metropolitan Hilarion ...

"The forces opposing Russia have engineered the conflict in Ukraine, intending to use it to weaken our country and the influence of the Russian Orthodox Church," Kirill said without citing evidence.

Russia's National Anti-Terrorism Committee said in a statement that a Russian Orthodox Church priest and police ... it was demolished in 2009 and rebuilt a year later using the synagogue's ...