May 27 (Reuters) - Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, on Saturday dismissed his expert on art and restoration for obstructing the transfer of a historic 15th-century Trinity ...

to the Russian Orthodox Church. The church said on May 15 that the decision was made after "multiple requests by believers." Last year, the arts museum gave the icon to the church to use in a ...

The art historian Alexei Lidov told The Insider ... medieval masterpiece from the State Tretyakov Gallery to the Russian Orthodox Church despite protests from restorers ...

Now, President Vladimir Putin has ordered the institution to return the painting to the Russian Orthodox Church. Art experts are aghast, warning that the fragile icon may not survive the move.

The Russian Orthodox Church was once the church of Russia and ... Thanks to the atheist Mikhail Gorbachev, Orthodox art, architecture, music, ministry, spiritual life and social service could ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has justified Putin's decision to invade Ukraine in February 2022 on spiritual and ideological grounds. In the 10 months since the Russian ...

This image is part of an outdoor art exhibition in central Moscow that urges Russian men to enlist. Moscow Patriarch Kirill, head of the world’s largest Orthodox Christian Church whose clout ...

On May 10, the St. Petersburg-based State Hermitage Museum was also compelled, by Putin’s order, to return the silver tomb of Alexander Nevsky to the Russian Orthodox Church. Art conservators ...

Troika Festival is set for May 23-25 at the Church of the Nativity Community Center, 109 German St. What's on the schedule ...

The Russian Orthodox Church, which claims sovereignty over Orthodoxy ... identifying the epicenter as an art museum. Meanwhile, Ukraine's military released footage Saturday of troops storming ...