It is an argument that has an obvious appeal to social conservatives ... the staunch traditionalism of the Russian Orthodox Church and draconian legislation in Moscow coupled with the self ...

“It is obvious that if Russia maintains the ... With the support of the Russian Orthodox Church, the Russian military that has fought for Ukrainian territory since 2014 seeks to end the presence ...

to the creation of new eparchies and a new vertical of power in the Russian Orthodox Church," the patriarch went on to say. One of the most obvious advantages, which this system has, is that ...

A historic Russian Orthodox church is keeping the faith in the family. After over 54 years as rector, the Very Rev. Mitred ...

to the creation of new eparchies and a new vertical of power in the Russian Orthodox Church," the patriarch went on to say. One of the most obvious advantages, which this system has, is that ...

by the Russian Orthodox Church's primate, Patriarch Kirill, who has lauded Russia's war aims in sermons and speeches in the church's name, denouncing the "forces of evil, conflict and division ...

The Russian Orthodox Church strongly backs the war in Ukraine and has punished dozens of priests who have defied its official line, for example by reading out prayers for peace instead of victory.

A majority of Russian Orthodox churches worldwide use the Julian calendar, which celebrates Christmas on Jan. 7, instead of using the Gregorian calendar proposed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582.

A Russian Orthodox priest has been arrested in St. Petersburg over ... Savchenko says he was detained directly at his church. He was charged with displaying banned symbols after the court ruled that ...

March 24 (Reuters) - A Russian Orthodox priest has been sentenced to 14 days in custody over a 2014 photo in which he was shown with a Ukrainian flag, according to the cleric's own account and ...