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

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 ...

Conceding Ukrainian land to Russia comes with a host of geopolitical downsides, but a lesser-known consequence affects churches: Moscow targets non-Orthodox Christians. Across Russian-occupied ...

Originally conceived in the mid-1800s to honor Tsarevich Nicholas Alexandrovich (who died in Nice), the St. Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral ... population. The church's onion domes, bright ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Thousands of Russians celebrating the Orthodox Christian feast day of ... due to unusually warm winter temperatures. Across Russia, the devout and the daring celebrate Epiphany ...

Reported by pastors of various Protestant churches in the Far Eastern Russian region of Khabarovsk, a local law restricting missionary activity has been introduced. The law was launched without any ...