MOSCOW (AP) — Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin packed Moscow’s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a nighttime Easter service led by Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox ...

A priest who oversaw a memorial for late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been suspended for three years by the head of the country's Orthodox Church. Dmitry Safronov held a memorial ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following the Angelus, his weekly prayer service at the Vatican, on Sunday (Aug. 25), Pope Francis criticized Ukraine’s decision to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which has ...

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Gundyaev, has been accompanied for more than 50 years by a female companion ...

Russian Patriarch Kirill on August 23 enforced the decision to defrock Orthodox priest Andrei Kudrin over his prayers for reconciliation between Russians and Ukrainians. Orthodox priests across Russia ...

Ukrainian lawmakers on August 20 approved a bill banning religious organizations linked to the Russian Orthodox Church, which Kyiv has criticized for being supportive of Moscow's full-scale invasion.

A ​trio of House Republicans welcomed an Orthodox Christian delegation that accused Ukraine of religious persecution to ...

The Russian Orthodox Church claims to defend Christianity—so why did it host far-right groups in St. Petersburg who promote ...