It is well known that the clergy suffered from the Bolsheviks and their terror. However, there were also those who, if they ...

Known for his close ties to the Russian president, Patriarch Kirill has been internationally criticized for providing a ...

Russian Orthodox priests have visited the scene of a huge fire at a fuel depot, which continues to burn three days after being set alight in a Ukrainian drone attack. More than 500 firefighters ...

The leader of Russia's Orthodox Church has suspended the Russian priest who led a memorial service for Kremlin critic Alexei ...

Russian Orthodox Priest Fotiy Necheporenko forced the naked baby into water. A priest has been suspended for a year after a video of him 'violently' submerging a baby during a 'sadistic' baptism ...

is one of the many Russian priests opposed to the aggression against Ukraine, and in February 2023 he left the mission of the Russian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, explaining his choice in an open ...

Nikolai Stremsky was given a national honour for having Russia's biggest family (file pic 2016) A Russian court has jailed for 21 years a former Orthodox priest, said to have adopted 70 children ...

Critics say Kyiv is attacking religious freedom in its efforts to break the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s ties with Moscow.

Aug. 24, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law which prohibits religious organizations tied to the Russian state.

Last month, the Ukrainian parliament overwhelmingly approved a proposal to ban the activities of the Russian Orthodox Church ...

And Daniil is not the only one. Last year, Bulgaria expelled three priests -- two Belarusians and one Russian -- employed by the Russian Orthodox Church, citing national security grounds.