There’s little doubt that Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill’s Forgiveness Sunday Sermon last month received more attention than any Orthodox cleric’s sermon has received in the Western media in a long ...

Pope Francis warned the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, not to become “Putin’s altar boy,” he said in an interview this week. In his strongest words to date against ...

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has expressed support for the invasion of Ukraine while the pope has lamented the loss of life.

At a divine liturgy in Moscow Feb. 27, three days after Russia launched its invasion, Patriarch Kirill said, "We must not let dark and hostile external forces laugh at us; we must do everything to ...

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Pope Francis smile during a meeting at Jose Marti International Airport in Havana in this Feb. 12, 2016, photo.

Russian Patriarch Kirill leads a Christmas service at the Christ the Savior cathedral in Moscow on January 6. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images. Three days after Russia invaded Ukraine, ...

Patriarch Kirill speaks during the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, July 27, 2023. Photo courtesy of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia ...

The Russian leader, Patriarch Kirill, needs to reassure his own flock that he won't be focused on reuniting with Catholicism after a 1,000-year schism. Skip to content Mastodon.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, right, and Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill talk to each other prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual state of the nation address in ...

Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia looks on in the Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius monastery, which is considered the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church, in ...

The Ukrainian patriarch highlighted what he described as "the horrifying results of Russia's imperial ambitions," pointing to the destruction and loss of life that has only grown since Russia's ...

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