Catholics believe baptism leaves an indelible spiritual mark and is necessary for salvation, making infant baptism common. Similarly, the Orthodox Church views baptism as a sacrament that cleanses sin ...

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 ...

Swiss man Benjamin Forster settled in Russia 14 years ago. Before that, he had been to Russia occasionally, but, each time he returned to Zurich, ...

The parish priest of a church in Odesa Oblast affiliated with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate justified Russian aggression against Ukraine and incited religious hatred, an ...

His congregation was decimated and his church shut down as part of Russia’s brutal crackdown against Ukrainian religious groups that are not affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church ...

A Moscow court sentenced 27-year-old Adam Shcherbakov to life imprisonment for murdering 90-year-old Roman Legoyda, a high-ranking clergy member of the Russian Orthodox Church who served as Patriarch ...

He has the use of reason; 2. Knows how to give baptism, and 3. Intends to do what the Church intends in the giving of the Sacrament. Baptism is so necessary that God affords every opportunity for ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...

The Mormon church has published a rare interview with one of its "Twelve Apostles" justifying the decision to exclude the children of same-sex marriages from baptism. "This is about family, this is ...

Confirmation is necessary for the completion of baptismal grace” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church” #1285). Like the other sacraments, the sacrament of confirmation did not appear in a New ...