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.

Critics of Putin decried the statement as antisemitic, noting parallels to Soviet state antisemitism under Josef Stalin.

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

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 ...

He did not attend church and did not wear a cross until, in 1993, his mother asked him to take his baptismal ... in 1917, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Russian Orthodox Diocese photo) On Saturday, Matushka Olga took one step closer to sainthood when her grave was unburied and her remains transferred to a church in Kwethluk. In the Russian ...