A branch of Ukraine’s Orthodox ... a centuries-old agreement that granted the Patriarch in Moscow authority over churches in the country. The Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church ...

The war in Ukraine has accelerated a restructuring of religious life across the country that aims to untangle itself from Russian ... old. At the end of July, leaders of the new Orthodox Church ...

ANTALYA, Turkey — Standing in an old Orthodox church in Antalya with a Bible in one hand and a candle in the other, the Rev. Ioann Koval led one of his first services in Turkey after Russian ...

Orthodox Christmas – and the long-standing rift between the Russian Orthodox Church ... of an independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine and revoked a centuries-old agreement that granted the ...

EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church ... Unique among them is the old Eklutna church, where graves incorporate religious conventions like Orthodox crosses, which have three cross ...

The Russian Orthodox church ... Unique among them is the old Eklutna church, where graves incorporate religious conventions like Orthodox crosses, which have three cross beams with the lowest ...