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

The archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) said that High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) strikes on Russia by Ukraine are God's punishment for abortions, according to the ...

he was appointed president of the World Council of Churches as well as honorary president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace. In April 2018, he hosted Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill ...

Military medic Natalya carried a jug of water blessed by priests at the Sviatogirsk monastery in eastern Ukraine as she celebrated Orthodox Epiphany in a Russian-affiliated church, despite the war.

Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of Epiphany, where worshippers bathe in the icy waters of ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania's Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country's Orthodox Church after the fall of the communist regime in 1990, has died, the church said on Saturday.

Theirs was the first such visit since President Bashar al-Assad fled the country, according to Russian state news. By Paul Sonne A top Russian delegation arrived in Damascus on Tuesday for the ...

Christianity is the largest religion in Ukraine and historically, the Russian Orthodox Church has dominated the religious lives of Ukrainians. However, in 2023, for the first time in over a ...

Archaeologists discovered clusters of red ocher drawings scattered on rocks and cliffs across Canaima National Park—and have some theories on who made the mysterious art.