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

The Ryazan State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after E. Popov preserves the folklore traditions of the Ryazan region and Russian folk singing culture. The unique combination o ...

Instead of economic aid, it is popes with a censer and a cross. Vladimir Putin does not have, like China and Western countries, billions of dollars to build roads, bridges, power plants, mining mines ...

Deep in South Africa’s wine country near the town of Robertson, past rows of tin shacks and up a gravel road where barefoot children play, sits a little piece of Russia. The apricot-hued building with ...

At a Russian Orthodox Church in Washington, D.C., church leaders say they've seen a significant rise in attendance from newcomers hoping to join the congregation. Many of the potential converts have ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — The Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul appears intent on capitalizing on the Russian attack, keeping up a media blitz about the SVR statement for more than a week. ISTANBUL (RNS) — ...

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 ...

The Orthodox Church in America has been holding three days of prayer for peace at its churches across Alaska this week in advance of the summit between the U.S. and Russian presidents in Anchorage ...

Clergy inside St. Peter and St. Paul Russian Orthodox Church. Left to right: Archbishop John Garklavs (Chicago), an unknown man, and Fr. Hillary Madison, August 1968. Used with the permission of St.

FRACKVILLE — In the face of danger, first responders can use all the help they can get, several said during the annual blessing of vehicles Sunday at Holy Ascension Russian Orthodox Church. “When ...