In 2019, Ukraine’s pro-Western government established the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) that reports to the ...

The Russian Orthodox Church is involved in mobilizing soldiers through the "Time of Heroes" program and encourages moving to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin accused "ethnic Jews" of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church, calling them "godless" and ...

The Russian Orthodox Church is an outspoken exception. Patriarch Kirill, who leads the church, has described the conflict as a “holy war” and said that any young man who died in action would ...

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

Moscow should have invaded Ukraine sooner, Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted at his annual press conference in Moscow ...

During the press conference, Putin was asked about punitive measures some European countries have taken against the Russian Orthodox Church in the wake of the 2022 invasion of Ukraine over the ...

In his letters, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill offers encouragement and congratulations to the new mothers, wishing them ...

A large-scale Russian attack on the city of Kherson on 20 December damaged a significant architectural landmark and one of ...

The parish priest of a church in Odesa Oblast affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate ...

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 ...