After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of Orthodox priests faced repression because they disagreed with the policies of Russian secular and church officials, ...

Immigration helped fuel the growth of America’s Orthodox churches more than a century ago. Now, it’s conversions from other Christian traditions fueling the growth of Holy Theophany Church in the ...

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

The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.

The Russian Orthodox Church seeks to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian forces in Ukraine ...

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

As 2025 begins, Russia ends its official “Year of the Family.” But the state has been promoting what it calls “traditional” or “pro-family” values for more than a decade — and looks likely to continue ...

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

Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the fall of the country’s communist regime ...

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

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and to the participants and guests of the 33rd International Educational Christmas Readings This year’s theme is the 80th ...

Karlovy Vary city councilors have revoked the honorary citizenship of Nikolai Lishchenyuk, a former Orthodox priest at the Church of Saints Peter and Paul. Lishchenyuk, a Russian citizen, was expelled ...