Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople received money for the creation of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU). This was ...

Although some Russian Orthodox priests have spoken out against “war liturgies,” they don’t all hold the same positions. Some ...

While Pope Francis previously announced plans to travel to Turkey, one possible obstacle to a universal agreement could be ...

Last Friday, to conclude a week of parroting Russian propaganda on its war against Ukraine, President Donald Trump observed that he had been watching Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, “for ...

The Feb. 24 anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine was an opportunity to offer "ever more fervent prayers for peace," ...

Russia’s security service reported that it intercepted a plan to assassinate a prominent Orthodox hierarch, believed to have ...

The Ukrainian patriarch likened the Russian political concept “Ruskiy Mir,” or “Russian World,” to that of radical Islamism. “The ideology of the ‘Russian world’ is Russian jihadism ...

A FORMER Russian Orthodox priest, now ministering as an Anglican, has urged Western church support for a close friend ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad Bartholomew, who has consistently shown support for Ukraine since the war began, recognized the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as independent from Moscow in ...

recognized the Orthodox Church of Ukraine as independent from Moscow in 2019 — a move that prompted Russian Patriarch Kirill and the Russian Orthodox Church to sever contact. “No force can ...

Patriarch Sviatoslav is the “father and head” of the UGCC, which knows more than most about Russian aggression. In 1946, Stalin declared the UGCC illegal, seized its sacred buildings ...

MOSCOW (JTA) — The newly elected head of the Russian Orthodox Church reached out to Jewish leaders. Patriarch Kirill, who was elected at a session in Moscow last week and enthroned Sunday ...