She is a Ukrainian law student at the Riga Graduate School of Law in Riga, Latvia, and is currently an exchange ... in the video complaining about the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church, ...

RIGA, Latvia — Russian President Vladimir ... president was responding to an appeal from the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill — a fierce supporter of Putin and his ...

Latvia-based outlet, found that the Russian Orthodox Church and Russian security services have taken measures to silence at least 59 priests since February 2022 for their anti-war views.

A battle has erupted in Moldova over its links to the Russian Orthodox Church, seen by many as a ... from the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to Kosovo, Serbia and other parts ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ... REEVES: He chose the second option and came here. This is Riga. It's the capital of Latvia, a tiny Baltic nation that was once part of the Soviet Union ...

The announcement by the Kyiv-headquartered Orthodox Church of Ukraine widens the rift between the Russian Orthodox Church and other Orthodox believers that has deepened due to Russia’s invasion ...

The Russian Orthodox Church reaffirmed its strict opposition to abortion this week, putting it at odds with the Kremlin's more relaxed position. A spokesperson for the church released a statement ...

(RNS) — Lawmakers in Estonia’s Parliament are debating a draft bill that would effectively require the Estonian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, the Russian Orthodox Church’s ...