Vladimir Putin and the patriarch of Russia’s Orthodox Church sent a rather unfriendly message to the West during their ...

their moral compasses point towards the Kremlin rather than Christ’s teachings. In 2016 Vsevolod Chaplin, formerly a senior member in the church, spoke glowingly of both Ivan the Terrible and ...

While Alexy II enjoyed a degree of freedom, Kirill has consistently aligned with the Kremlin, especially regarding Ukraine. As early as 2009, he criticized the independence of the Orthodox Church ...

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not discuss at their talks on Monday the issues related to the Constantinople Patriarchate's decision on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

TASS/. Raids on the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra monastery can be viewed as yet another Ukrainian military action against the Russian Orthodox Church, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday.