Filaret led a movement in Ukraine that created a schism among Orthodox believers and, ultimately, a church independent of Moscow.

Orthodox Patriarch Filaret of Kyiv has died at 97. He is remembered for his work to establish an independent Ukrainian Orthodox church that was free from Moscow’s religious authority.

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A trio of House Republicans welcomed an Orthodox Christian delegation that accused Ukraine of religious persecution to Capitol Hill this week. Reps. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) Eli Crane (R-Ariz.) and ...

Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. The persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians became a flashpoint between members of Congress on social media this week ...

CORRECTION: The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Porfirije, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Patriarch Kirill in Moscow in April. An earlier version of this story included ...