A number of Orthodox priests who are against Russia's invasion of Ukraine have sought refuge in Germany, where they face many challenges. After Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, on Tuesday with gifts he asked the Patriarch to bless for troops fighting in Ukraine. The meeting at a Christmas ...

Learn how to make authenic Traditional Russian Borscht Recipe with the chef master Tavakkul. This meal also, called Beet ...

In April 2018, he hosted Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Albania and called for “an immediate end to Russia’s fratricidal war against Ukraine,” La Croix International reported.

OLEG VAROV / RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH PRESS SERVICE / AFP The Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church now have a new gift for their war "heroes." During the Orthodox Christmas celebration held by ...

In the liturgical books of the Russian Orthodox Church, for example, Christmas is still listed as December 25, but this date aligns with January 7 in the Gregorian calendar. Some Orthodox churches ...

Vladimir Putin accused Jews of attacking the Russian Orthodox Church and suggested that they lacked family and “roots,” the latest antisemitic statement from the Russian leader since his 2022 ...

Russia halted gas deliveries to the pro-Russian separatist region of Transnistria ... Christmas in the predominantly Christian Orthodox Republic of Moldova is celebrated on January 6 and 7 ...

The Russian army is strengthening its positions in villages around the key eastern Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk in an attempt to encircle it and lay siege to a vital transport hub linking embattled ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral wasn't completed until the early 20th century.