As the wife of an Orthodox Christian priest, she was a “matushka,” or spiritual mother to many more. Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American ...

Worshippers fill St. Nicholas Orthodox Church in Kwethluk, Alaska, on June 19, 2025, for the canonization ceremony of St. Olga, the first female Orthodox saint in North America.

An increasing number of Americans, especially young men, are converting to the Russian Orthodox church, enticed by its embrace of masculinity and traditional family values. Show more Kate Adie ...

A sign asking to save the Sts. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church in Little Havana, one of Miami’s oldest Eastern Orthodox parishes, which is also the former home of the first mayor of Miami ...

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — “St. Olga of Kwethluk, Matushka of All Alaska,” as she is officially known, was canonized on June 19 as the first female Orthodox saint from North America.

Moldovan Orthodox Bishop Marchel was blocked for the second time from traveling abroad for a religious pilgrimage, prompting accusations of a s ...

The Russian Orthodox Church will give a ‘firm and tough’ response to Constantinople’s decisions regarding Ukraine and its bid for autocephaly, a Moscow Patriarchate official said on Tuesday.

Before 2018, Orthodox Ukrainians had no choice but to attend the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC – Moscow Patriarch), which is merely a branch of the Kremlin-controlled Russian Orthodox Church.

PREVIEW: Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Pentecost On this day, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill usually performs the Divine Liturgy at the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius near Moscow.

In a post on Telegram, the Russian news agency Tass, citing the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said that "Putin drew the pope's attention to the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict by the Kiev ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A registered sex offender who served more than a year in prison for sexually abusing minors is wearing robes that signal he has taken a first step ...

F ormer leaders of the Saints Peter & Paul Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, a 70-year-old congregation that was once a mansion belonging to Miami's first mayor, have been ordered by a judge ...