Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is sending letters in support of new mothers in Russia as part of a new project designed to encourage pregnant women to keep their babies, according to a ...

In 1859 the Russian orthodox community in Geneva was granted permission to build this church, with financial assistance from Anna Feodorovna Constancia, sister-in-law of Tsar Alexander 1st.

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 ...

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 ...

Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century. Tsar Nicholas II, the head of the tragic Romanov family, commissioned the ornate building not only to honor the ...

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 ...

Lviv Oblast has become the first in Ukraine to be free of any registered religious communities of the Russian Orthodox Church, Lviv Regional Military Administration head Maksym Kozytskyi announced on ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill issued a rare rebuke to state officials over their nuclear threats to the West. Kirill, a staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin and ...

Rememberance of the Founding of the Holy and Great Church of Christ, Hagia Sophia in Constantinople ...

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 ...

An exploration of the historical and contemporary dynamics of the Russian Orthodox Church and its evolving relationship with the Russian state Abigail Leali / MutualArt Nov 29, 2024 ...