The remarkable legacy of Saint John the Russian continues to thrive in Greece, where his revered relics are enshrined in a ...

Founded by priests and clergy fleeing the Russian Revolution in 1917, ROCOR is seen by many as the most conservative Orthodox ...

such as Greek Orthodox or Russian Orthodox. Such designations were really a convenient but inaccurate way of saying, for example, the "Eastern Orthodox churches of the Greek Rite." Thus, the Orthodox ...

FILE PHOTO: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia looks on in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius monastery in the town of Sergiyev Posad 33,714 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can ...

The film has several prominent references to the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in Russian identity. But since the 2012 demonstrations protesting his return to the presidency, Putin has ...

The leader of Russia's Orthodox Church sent his congratulations to Pope Leo XIV on Friday, saying he hoped the newly elected American pontiff would help foster ties between their churches. "I ...

THE Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has charged 14 senior figures in the Russian Orthodox Church with aiding the illegal transfer and seizure of churches in the temporarily occupied territories in ...

MOSCOW, May 9 (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent a message of congratulations on Friday to Pope Leo, whose predecessor Pope Francis had criticised Kirill's ...

The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Daniel, congratulated Pope Leo XIV for succeeding Pope Francis on Thursday, May 8. He expressed confidence that the new pope will continue to promote ...

The report highlighted several instances in which Christians critical of Putin have faced backlash, such as the October 2023 raiding of a non-Moscow Patriarchate Russian Orthodox Church in the ...

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The missive ended, however, with a jarring statement that expressed thanks for the Russian Orthodox Church’s “support for the defenders of the Fatherland” – an unmistakable reference to the soldiers ...