MOSCOW, February 4. /TASS/. The authorities in the Baltic countries are orchestrating a campaign of pressure against Orthodox parishes, taking cues from Ukraine, according to Gennady Askaldovich, the ...
After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, hundreds of Orthodox priests faced repression because they disagreed with the policies of Russian secular and church officials, ...
including the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), retained the old Julian calendar, resulting in a 13-day difference. Despite this calendar discrepancy, all consider the date of Christ's birth December 25.
The sacred performance signals a deepening of Catholic-Orthodox dialogue and a potential step toward a papal visit to Serbia.
The Russian Orthodox Church seeks to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian forces in Ukraine ...
Across Russian-occupied Ukraine, Kremlin troops have shuttered places of worship since the first invasion began in 2014.
The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has announced plans to increase the number of military chaplains deployed with Russian ...
With the gruelling war, an overheating economy, and desperately harsh western sanctions, the focus on Russian nationalism has ...
People take shelter inside a metro station during a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 15, 2025. Alina Smutko/Reuters "Thanks to our air defense and all the units involved, we are ...