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.

The Russian Orthodox Church condemned all elective abortions as murder during a meeting of the Holy Synod this week, putting ...

The media, especially social media, always looks for simple answers when it comes to the war in Ukraine. There are four main misconceptions about the role of the Russian Orthodox Church in the war and ...

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 ...

Vladimir, corresponds with the Sacrament of Holy Baptism. It was brief, but extraordinarily significant—the result ... The saints canonized at the Local Council of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow ...

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 ...

The Russian Orthodox church dates back to AD988, when the rule of Kievan Rus’, Vladimir I, summoned the whole city to the banks of the Dnieper River for a mass baptism. This founding of Russian ...

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 ...