A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

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 ...

John the Baptist are part of the Orthodox Church in America, a group that had its beginnings with monks of the Russian Orthodox Church who set up missions in Alaska. The Orthodox Church in America ...

Orthodox priests from Russia are facing repression for opposing Russian policies and the invasion of Ukraine. Many have fled, facing difficulties in resettling, such as finding jobs and learning ...

The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has announced plans to significantly increase the number of military chaplains, to provide more spiritual support to soldiers in the Ukraine conflict zone. Currently, ...

Viktor Yelensky, head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience (SEFC), in a speech at the International Religious Freedom Summit in the United States, called on the ...

Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until ... religious needs of the city's growing Russian population. The church's onion domes, bright colors and detailed ornamentation are ...

The Russian Orthodox Church has called for a significant increase in military clergy to support soldiers in the ongoing war against Ukraine. At the XXXIII Christmas Readings, Metropolitan Kirill of ...

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.

Conceding Ukrainian land to Russia comes with a host of geopolitical downsides, but a lesser-known consequence affects churches: Moscow targets non-Orthodox Christians. Across Russian-occupied ...