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.

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 ...

In his letters, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill offers encouragement and congratulations to the new mothers, wishing them ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE discord between the Patriarch of Alexandria, Theodoros II, and the Russian Orthodox Church in Africa is intensifying, with no apparent end in sight. Patriarch Theodoros continues to denounce ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, recently suggested a possible endorsement of the death penalty, ...