The "Baptism of Christ" is a well-known ceremony in the Orthodox Church that involves bathing ... During the ritual held in the Russian Leningrad region, a heartbreaking accident took place.

Critics of Putin decried the statement as antisemitic, noting parallels to Soviet state antisemitism under Josef Stalin.

Russian President 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 ...

There are four main misconceptions about the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the war and pro-war propaganda. The first misconception is that the Russian Orthodox Church is against Ukraine.

Currently, the Russian, Georgian, Jerusalem, Serbian Orthodox Churches ... According to the church calendar, the Baptism of the Lord has four days on the eve of the holiday (pre-celebration ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is sending letters ... Patriarch Kirill during their gynecologist appointments at the Church Hospital of St. Alexis in Moscow,” Moskvitina said in a ...

He did not attend church and did not wear a cross until, in 1993, his mother asked him to take his baptismal ... in 1917, ...

Ukraine's churches have for centuries been under the authority of the leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church in Moscow. The decision may also lead to a lasting schism in the global Orthodox ...

and other Orthodox priests in Istanbul The Russian Orthodox Church has effectively cut diplomatic relations with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, which has authority over the world's 300 ...

(JTA) — 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 ...