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.

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church said Friday its former head, Patriarch Filaret, who was excommunicated by Moscow for breaking ...

Filaret Denysenko co-founded the unrecognized Kyiv Patriarchate in 1992 and was the patriarch of Ukraine from 1995 to 2018.

GOSHEN — Invest in your spiritual growth during this season of Lent by attending a couple of seminars hosted by Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Goshen. The seminars, offered by Protodeacon ...

A Ukrainian Orthodox church in North Jersey has issued an apology after footage of a recent religious pageant drew criticism over the portrayal of a character widely viewed as antisemitic. The ...

It had all the trappings of a conventional Christmas pageant: the three wise men, Christmas carols, and children dressed as angels. But there was a twist: This pageant, performed on Sunday in New ...

(JTA) — It had all the trappings of a conventional Christmas pageant: the three wise men, Christmas carols, and children dressed as angels. But there was a twist: This pageant, performed on Sunday in ...

The Christmas season isn’t over, at least not for the handful of Orthodox Christian churches that follow the Julian Calendar and are celebrating Christmas on Wednesday with special liturgies, dinners ...

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 ...