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 ...

Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will celebrate Easter Vigil Liturgy at at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow MOSCOW, April 15. /TASS/. On Saturday evening, Orthodox Christians will ...

We note the occasion of Russian Orthodox Christmas Day with a Russian vocal ensemble called Svetilin (svet-EE-lin). The ensemble came by the Performance Today studio to sing a handful of ancient ...

“But even on this calendrical rarity, churches will not celebrate Christ’s resurrection together.” A leading official from the world’s second-biggest church, the Russian Orthodox Church, has called on ...