The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has apprehended, jointly with the Federal Customs Service, a group of smugglers who had been carrying explosives hidden inside Orthodox icons and ...

Painted in the early 15th century, the icon is considered to be the most famous Russian Orthodox icon. It was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church in 2023, and moved to the lavra - another ...

Archbishop Gabriel of Montreal, a leading official of the Russian Orthodox Church in Canada, has been criticised for reiterated key Kremlin propaganda to defend the war in Ukraine. In a recent inter ...