Metropolitan Hilarion, once seen as Patriarch Kirill's successor, was dismissed by the Moscow Patriarchate amid allegations, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In August, President Vladimir Putin signed a bill allowing migrants to be expelled without a court decision. Three months ...

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.

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 ...

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.