“One scenario under discussion is a meeting around Easter [Orthodox Easter falls on April 20],” a Russian diplomat told The Moscow Times. Another senior Russian official confirmed this possibilit ...

Such attempts to use the Easter holiday for provocations may only come from those forces which continue to demonstrate their interest in aggravating confrontation, Russian Orthodox Church ...

US President Donald Trump has been seeking a rapid settlement to the three-year-old war, and US officials are having separate ...

head of the Russian Orthodox Church and an outspoken supporter of the Kremlin. Eastern Orthodox Christians usually celebrate Easter later than Catholic and Protestant churches, because they use a ...

"One can’t imagine anything more inhuman than to make Bright Sunday, which is marked by Orthodox ... Russian Defense Ministry that Russia has proof that Ukraine is preparing provocations for ...

In a gesture of unity, Orthodox priests have been encouraged to shave their beards, as a symbolic act of brotherhood with ...

The US is still hoping a broad ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine can be reached within weeks, even as Moscow increases ...