Russia's invasion, which began in February 2022, has also been a source of religious controversy within the Eastern Orthodox ...

Moscow Patriarch Kirill accused the West of "hating" Russia because it represents "an alternative path of civilizational ...

According to Reuters, Krill also used his ritual speech in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral to claim: “Physically they ...

Vladimir Putin met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill ... and asked Kirill to consecrate crosses and icons he prepared as gifts for commanders of his troops fighting ...

Since the start of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Russian leader has turned to religion and ...

Russian Orthodox Church forces parishioners to pray to ‘Saint Putin’ on giant screen - video Putin decided that Russian ...

Ethiopian pilgrims pray during a Mass service for Ethiopian Christmas at the Bole Medhane Alem cathedral in Addis Ababa, ...

Jan 7 (Reuters) - The patriarch of Russia's Orthodox ... and crosses that were to be engraved with the president's initials and sent to servicemen in the 34-month-old war in Ukraine, Russian ...

according to a new calendar in another step towards erasing Russian influence. Most Ukrainians are Orthodox Christians and the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine, set up in 2018, agreed in ...

A day later we returned with a travel permit and were finally allowed to cross. After meeting with ... Several priests from the Bulgarian Orthodox Church began to protest in front of the theater ...

On Orthodox Christmas, marked by Russian occupiers on Jan. 7, Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, at Putin’s request, blessed the crosses and icons for servicemen. Ad The crosses will be handed ...