MOSCOW (AP) — Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin packed Moscow’s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a nighttime Easter service led by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox ...

CORRECTION: The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Porfirije, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and ...

Lyudmila Navalnaya (from left) and Anatoly Navalny, parents of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, and Navalny’s mother-in-law, Alla Abrosimova, visit the grave of the late Russian opposition ...

A group of lawmakers in the United States has asked the U.S. Attorney General to look into whether some Orthodox churches in ...

A priest who oversaw a memorial for late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been suspended for three years by the head of the country's Orthodox Church. Dmitry Safronov held a memorial ...

Rev. Nazari Polataiko at the Holy Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Cathedral in Los Angeles is still haunted by the sound of sirens, even months after visiting his native Ukraine last summer. Buildings, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (L) on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 4, 2023. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has formally charged 14 ...

The priest prayed for the Lukoil Volgogradneftepererabotka plant.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following the Angelus, his weekly prayer service at the Vatican, on Sunday (Aug. 25), Pope Francis criticized Ukraine’s decision to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has ...

Ukrainian lawmakers on August 20 approved a bill banning religious organizations linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, which Kyiv has criticized for being supportive of Moscow's full-scale invasion.