But even so, the formerly pro-Russian Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) remains the country’s largest religious see. Moscow Patriarch Kirill, who heads the world’s largest Orthodox see ...

At the same time, Ukrainian authorities have become increasingly suspicious of anyone with links to the Russian Orthodox Church, arresting and convicting clergymen of spying for Moscow.

The Russian government has labeled The Satanic Temple an undesirable organization that has the support of the United States ...

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 ...

The area also holds many small churches. One of Moscow's most ... and one of the most beautiful squares in Moscow, with the famous statue of Russian poet Alexander Pushkin at its center.

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 ...