Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of ... In Moscow, the lay Catholic lecturer doubts Russia's small, marginalized Catholic Church can play any real role in the current situation.

One of the earliest examples of a traditional wooden tent-roofed church on a stone and brick substructure, it had a great influence on the development of Russian ecclesiastical architecture.

A Russian Orthodox priest has been sentenced to 14 days in custody over a 2014 photo in which he was shown with a Ukrainian flag, according to the cleric's own account and Russian media reports.