Police were waiting for his condition to normalise before initiating legal action, including alerting the Russian embassy. Locals and passersby noticed Alexander perched on top of the church.

Russia’s Orthodox Church has launched theological programs in the cities of Yekaterinburg and Rostov-on-Don aimed at training ...

Under the leadership of Ramzan Kadyrov, the predominantly Muslim southern Russian republic of Chechnya has maintained a high degree of autonomy while remaining loyal to the Kremlin and Russian ...

MOSCOW - Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent a message of congratulations on Friday to Pope Leo, whose predecessor Pope Francis had criticised Kirill's backing for ...

THE Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has charged 14 senior figures in the Russian Orthodox Church with aiding the illegal transfer and seizure of churches in the temporarily occupied territories in ...

A church in Dobropillia housed in a former Soviet-era cinema was damaged in a double drone strike this week, officials said.

During an Easter service at Moscow’s Christ the Savior Cathedral held on Saturday night, Russian Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill referred to the holiday as a “victory day.” “Easter is a victory ...

the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, sent a message of congratulations on Friday to Pope Leo, whose predecessor Pope Francis had criticised Kirill's backing for Russia's war in Ukraine.

(RNS) — The story of the Rev. Hilarion Alfeyev captures how a once robust effort to bring Russian Orthodox Christianity and the Catholic Church together has foundered. (RNS) — Diplomacy is back.

Chairman of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Germany Georg Bätzing called Vladimir Putin's actions “unchristian” and criticized the closeness of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) and the Russian ...

Sadly, many will go to churches that are damaged or destroyed,” the post reads. The Russian army is one of the greatest threats to Christian churches and believers, Zelensky notes. Over the ...

FILE PHOTO: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia looks on in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius monastery in the town of Sergiyev Posad 32,963 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can ...