President Vladimir Putin attended an early Wednesday Russian Orthodox Christmas service and hailed his troops' “holy mission” ...

President Vladimir Putin attended a Russian Orthodox Christmas service, praising Russia's troops for their 'holy mission' in ...

In a Facebook post on Jan. 6, the minister wrote that the very existence of a school promoting the “Russian world” in the ...

Russian Christmas is actually celebrated on January 7 and not on December 25. This is because the Russian Orthodox Church ...

Despite the difference in calendars that means Russians celebrate Christmas on 7 January, since Soviet times on New Year's Eve the population marks the arrival of Ded Moroz, or ...

Recently, Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, blessed the Russian soldiers who are invading Ukraine at a lavish service. Kirill said, "We need to be very strong. When I say 'we,' I ...

Under Orthodox Church canon law, a patriarch cannot be married and must be celibate. But according to a new Proekt ...

The supposed "persecution of Christians" in Ukraine ranks among the most popular tropes of Russian disinformation. Kremlin propaganda has sought to cast the state's push to limit the influence of the ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to attend a high-stakes summit with the Coalition of the Willing in Paris to ...

A second vote on the bill is necessary before being presented to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for final approval as a law. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) is part of the greater Eastern Orthodox ...

The Christmas season isn’t over, at least not for the handful of orthodox Christian churches that follow the Julian Calendar ...