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In this file image, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulates Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill on the 13th anniversary of his enthronement in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 1, 2022. (Alexei ...
In February 2022, as Russian tanks rolled across the Ukrainian border, a small group of Russian Orthodox Christian clergy did ...
HOWELL - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia journeyed to a small residential neighborhood in Howell Tuesday, enrobed in ornate vestments to bless the renovated St. George's ...
Swedish intelligence services believe that one of the country's Russian Orthodox churches could be a base for spying. Almost ...
Sweden is reportedly probing a Russian Orthodox church in the town of Västerås over possible hybrid warfare techniques, a new investigation shows. View on euronews ...
When he got to its small, darkened main hall, the 79-year-old put a simple silver cross over his robes and began saying prayers on one of the holiest days in the Russian Orthodox Church. His ...
The Jesuit, consecrated Russia's newest auxiliary in Siberia on Feb. 2, spoke as Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, the Russian Catholic Church's Italian-born head, visited Catholic parishes in the frontline ...
A small number of Russian Orthodox priests are publicly opposing their leader's support for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and they're suffering the consequences.
Updated at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 9, 2024. In late August of 2018, Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, flew from Moscow to Istanbul on an urgent mission. He brought with him ...
The other separate, but similarly-named church, Orthodox Church of Ukraine, was officially recognized as independent by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople in 2019, but the Russian ...
MOSCOW (RNS) — Protesters caused Russian church officials to cancel plans for a new cathedral in Yekaterinburg, the country’s fourth-largest city. Protesters were angered that the cathedral ...
TOM: IT’S A SMALL SIGN WITAH BIG MESSAGE. THIS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH IN CARNEGIE SAYING IT’S UNITED IN PRARYER FOR THE PEACE OF UKRAINE. AND IT MEANS A LOT TO THEIR NEIGHBORS RIGHT NEXT DOOR ...