The Russian Orthodox Church launched a nationwide prayer service this weekend that urges women against having an abortion, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the congregation for an Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Monday evening. Putin attended Church of St George the Victorious on Poklonnaya Hill alongside ...

Three and a half years into Russia's full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church is finally facing its judgment day. Under a law passed in 2024, the branch — the Ukrainian ...

VATICAN CITY, July 26 (Reuters) - Pope Leo discussed the war in Ukraine on Saturday with Metropolitan Anthony, a senior cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church, in a possible effort to ease ties between ...

The Orthodox Church aligns itself closely with the government. Yet its leaders have also offered some help to movements that challenge the status quo. Pussy Riot became a cause célèbre for the Russian ...

The spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians, speaking Friday before a New York audience, defended his 2019 decision to recognize an independent church in Ukraine, and he denounced the Russian ...

CORRECTION: The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Porfirije, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill in Moscow in April. An earlier version of this story included ...