Swedish intelligence services believe that one of the country's Russian Orthodox churches could be a base for spying. Almost ...

Russian Orthodox Church priests who defy Patriarch Kirill and oppose Russia’s war against Ukraine often face a stark choice: ... In October 2022, after 13 years in Saratov, ...

An imprisoned Ukrainian Orthodox Church priest has been sent 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) from his parish in Russian-occupied Ukraine to a hard labor camp in Russia to serve his 14-year sentence ...

COMMENTARY: Despite what desires remain in Rome for full communion, it is a complete impossibility when the two most ...

The Russian Orthodox Church condemned all elective abortions as murder during a meeting of the Holy Synod this week, putting them at odds with President Vladimir Putin.

Above all, Putin has made use of the Russian Orthodox Church and its leader, Patriarch Kirill, much the way Donald Trump made use of evangelical leaders, to establish his traditionalist bona fides.

Russian Orthodox Priests are facing persecution by their church for calling for peace in Ukraine while Moscow’s war rages on. At least 30 Orthodox priests have faced pressure by religious or ...

Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) Metropolitan Onufriy (center) during a prayer at Saint Volodymyr Hill marking the Christianization of Russia Day in 2017.