Anger grows over Ukraine's largest Orthodox church, aligned with Moscow despite war Millions of Ukrainians still worship in Orthodox churches deeply influenced by Russian clergy who support Moscow ...

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 ...

After its searches of holy sites belonging to Ukraine's historic Orthodox church, the nation's security agency posted photos of evidence it recovered — including rubles, Russian passports and ...

Since the start of Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian Orthodox Church has fervently stood ...

The increasingly powerful Russian Orthodox Church has built hundreds of new churches over the past decade. But some people in ...

Ukrainian officials are cracking down on a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church that they describe as a subversive force doing the Kremlin’s bidding. By Andrew E. Kramer KYIV, Ukraine ...

Head of the Harbor will decide in August on a monastery's plan to build a house of worship in a residential area.

The law, said Maksym Vasin, director for international advocacy and research at the Institute for Religious Freedom in Kyiv, is meant to protect Orthodox believers in Ukraine from Russian propaganda.

It was traditionalist, mindful of theology, and, well, theocratic, which is to say it wanted to take the standards of a ...

While the UOC claims to have cut ties with the Russian Orthodox Church in 2022, Ukraine’s State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience says the links are still intact and the church ...

The irony is that, despite the Russian church’s revival in material terms, its spiritual authority is faltering today: less than 5% of Russians regularly attend services of worship and prayer.

CNA Staff, Aug 26, 2024 / 11:09 am. Pope Francis on Sunday sharply denounced the Ukrainian government’s recently enacted ban on Russian Orthodox Church worship, arguing that the faithful should ...