As Pope Leo XIV highlights the need for interreligious dialogue and diplomacy, religious liberty in Russia continues to ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned what he described as unprecedented and barbaric assaults on Russian culture ...

They have become a real scourge for the Russian infantry because of their ... One of the latest ways to defend against drones is using Orthodox symbols. These are placed on dugouts in the form ...

One of the most important shifts in history was the spread of Christianity by the Greeks from the Byzantine Empire into ...

Under the leadership of Ramzan Kadyrov, the predominantly Muslim southern Russian republic of Chechnya has maintained a high degree of autonomy while remaining loyal to the Kremlin and Russian ...

Russian soldiers are being given “purity seals” blessed by Orthodox priests and inspired ... It replaces the space marine skull with a Christian symbol and is available in normal and ...

Its appearance was said to symbolize the transition of the true Orthodox haven from Constantinople to Moscow. The icon became one of the spiritual symbols of the Russian state. In 1941 ...

The spiritual unity between the peoples of Belarus and Russia remains strong even during challenging times, Belarusian Commissioner for Religions and Nationalities Aleksandr Rumak said as he attended ...

Russian Orthodox clergy have consistently and openly ... and religious pluralism as governing principles," with religious symbols and practices "broadly accepted in public institutions and public ...

The head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed to investigate the fact of abuse by Georgian ...

A Russian Orthodox priest has been arrested in St. Petersburg over a 2014 photograph showing him holding a Ukrainian flag with the country’s trident symbol, Fontanka reports, citing the unified press ...

A court sentenced him on a charge of displaying an extremist symbol, according to Savchenko and court documents quoted by Russian media. Sign up here. The Russian Orthodox Church strongly backs ...