The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has announced plans to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian ...

Across Russian-occupied Ukraine, Kremlin troops have shuttered places of worship since the first invasion began in 2014.

Russian President Vladimir Vladimir, left, congratulates Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill with the 16th anniversary ...

Estonian officials have threatened to shut down monasteries if they dont cut ties with Russia The Estonian Orthodox Church ...

The Church has denounced the war and denies that it depends on Moscow. It has however not carried out autocephaly, the ...

With the gruelling war, an overheating economy, and desperately harsh western sanctions, the focus on Russian nationalism has ...

The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox Church, celebrating Christmas alongside Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Tuesday that the Western world despised Russia and its "alternative path of ...

The archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) said that High Mobility ... The archpriest's statements may incite the Kremlin to impose more restrictions on access to abortion, and it will ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they ... antisemitism under Josef Stalin, when the Kremlin persecuted Jews and accused them of being ...

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of frozen lakes and rivers, have been forced to cancel their traditional ...

Putin has also sided repeatedly with the Orthodox church by condemning the west for pushing for gay and transgender rights. According to the Kremlin, Patriarch Krill has also blessed icons and ...