The political role of Russia’s most powerful religious institution is facing renewed scrutiny.

The Patriarchate’s support for the military has intensified, and its outreach has expanded to America’s religious right. But ...

In Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine, a once diverse and free religious ecosystem is being filtered into one faith: the ...

Some residents of Bari, Italy, hope Ukraine’s president will drop by while at a nearby summit to help rid them of a memento of links with Russia. By Lara Jakes The event for the Russian president, who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill (L) on Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on Nov. 4, ...

As President Donald Trump's administration works toward a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine, the leaders of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) are warning that Vladimir Putin's Russia believes it ...

A second vote on the bill is necessary before being presented to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for final approval as a law. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) is part of the greater Eastern Orthodox ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Moscow-backed Orthodox Metropolitan Pavlo (Petro Lebid) was released from custody on a Hr 33.3 million ($290,000) bail, Lebid's ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian Orthodox Church healed an 80-year rift on Thursday when a rival faction set up in the West by monarchists fleeing the Soviet Union restored ties with the mother church ...

“In the whole history of the Orthodox Church in America, this has never been seen,” a priest said about the surge of young men drawn to the demanding practice of Christianity. By Ruth Graham The ...