The meeting will be the pope’s first audience with the senior Russian cleric, who represented Patriarch Kirill, head of the ...

Europe promises more air defence for Ukraine after Kyiv hit by huge drone strike - It comes as the Kremlin suggests Putin and Trump may meet in September ...

Metropolitan Anthony, a senior cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, was quoted by state news agency RIA as saying he would meet Pope Leo on Saturday.

Interview by Vazha Tavberidze In this interview with RFE/RL’s Georgian Service, Robert Gevondyan, a political analyst and ...

Since Russia's invasion began, more than 100 religious leaders and activists have faced persecution for opposing the war.

Top church leaders have visited Gaza after its only Catholic church was struck by an Israeli shell the day before ...

Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Vladimir Region Governor Alexander Avdeyev.

Far-right groups are filling the vacuum left in Russian cities as many police officers serve in the Ukraine war.

Last month, the Russian Orthodox Church canonized a new saint: Olga Michael, who lived in the small ton of Kwethluk, Alaska, until her death in 1979. St. Olga is the first Yup’ik to be canonized in ...

For some, the American dream begins with the search for safety and stability, a promise of a more abundant life. But for ...

Swedish intelligence services believe that one of the country's Russian Orthodox churches could be a base for spying. Almost ...