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

Ukraine has requested the extradition of the State Hermitage Museum’s Alexander Butyagin, who seized artefacts including ancient Greek coins ...

Vladimir Putin’s ‘goddaughter’ has issued a demand for an end to his horrific war in Ukraine. TV presenter, media owner, influencer and socialite Ksenia Sobchak, 44, pleaded for an end to the ...

For the past three years, believers in the Central African Republic have been gathering for Russian Orthodox services at the small parish of Saint-Andre de Bimbo near the capital, Bangui. Patrick, 38, ...

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

Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the longtime head of the Georgian Orthodox Church and one of the country’s most influential ...

(Corrects to remove reference to Eduard Shevardnadze being the first post-Soviet president of Georgia in paragraph 9 of March 17 story) By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, March 17 (Reuters) - The spiritual ...

The church of the Holy Resurrection is feeling the strain of a different kind. Lots of love and attention. After more than 35 years in the Miracle Manor neighborhood, the growing congregation is ...

The weeklong festival has been compared to Mardi Gras, marking the start of Lent for Orthodox Christians. People in costumes march on Moscow's Manezhnaya Square during the Maslenitsa festival ...