The World Russian People's Council led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow has adopted an "order" that refers to the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a "holy war" and states that "the entire territory of ...

A Republican congressman from South Carolina is facing backlash from his colleagues and some Orthodox Christian leaders after ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church recently commended Vladimir Putin over his handling of church and state relations despite concerns from human rights advocates about religious persecution in ...

Pope Francis on Sunday sharply denounced the Ukrainian government’s recently enacted ban on Russian Orthodox Church worship, arguing that the faithful should not be barred from worshipping as they ...

Russia first occupied the Ukrainian city of Melitopol in March 2022. After the persecution of pro-Ukrainian activists, former government officials, human rights defenders and journalists, Russian ...

A second vote on the bill is necessary before being presented to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for final approval as a law. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) is part of the greater Eastern Orthodox ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a keynote address on Nov. 28 at the Plenary Session of the World Russian Peoples’ Concilium, a faith-based organization led by the head of Russia's Orthodox ...

Pope Francis on August 25 condemned the latest action by Kyiv to ban religious organizations with ties to the Russian Orthodox Church from operating in Ukraine. "No Christian church may be abolished ...

Swedish intelligence services believe that one of the country's Russian Orthodox churches could be a base for spying. Almost everything about the "onion-domed" church beside Västerås Airport, about an ...