hundreds of Orthodox priests faced repression because they disagreed with the policies of Russian secular and church officials, according to estimates by human rights activists. A number fled ...

The Orthodox Church in America split from Russia in 1924 after disruptions from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. Today the church has an estimated 75,000 members in North America, down from an ...

Men exit a pond after plunging themselves in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov ...

Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia? Know about Nizhniy Novgorod Airport in detail. Find out the location of Nizhniy Novgorod Airport on Russia map and also find out airports near to Nizhniy Novgorod. This ...

When Oleg Rostovtsev hovered between life and death after a serious operation last April, he asked friends and family to do ...

What is the reasoning behind the ban on the Russian Orthodox Church and the recognition of affiliated organizations in Ukraine? - What is the nature of state-religious relations in modern Russia? - ...

Most Orthodox Churches adopted what is known as the “new” calendar, but some, including the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC), retained the old Julian calendar, resulting in a 13-day difference.

Vice Governor of Russia’s Primorsky Krai Sergei Yefremov was killed in Kursk Oblast, Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security and Defense ...

Firefighters have extinguished a large-scale fire at an infrastructure facility in Sumy Oblast following a Russian attack. Ukraine's commander-in-chief responds to violence against military enlistment ...

On Friday, the Greek Orthodox Church called for an emergency meeting to discuss a major reform to be launched. The move comes after the Church was rocked by overwhelming scandals on sex and finance ...