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

Former CIA officer John Kiriakou retracted his claim that the U.S. paid the Ecumenical Patriarchate to grant autocephaly to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church ...

For the first time in Russia, artefacts from the collection of the National Museum of China will be presented, revealing the peculiarities of the country's culinary traditions. TV BRICS is the ...

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

“I had long opposed, notably on Facebook, the radicalization of Patriarch Kirill’s stance in alignment with Russian power, as well as the ideological submission of priests under him. I was ...

MOSCOW: Russia's FSB security service said Friday that it had thwarted a Ukrainian-ordered plot to kill Tikhon Shevkunov, a ...

Russia's FSB security service said Friday it had thwarted a Ukrainian-ordered plot to kill Tikhon Shevkunov, a senior bishop ...

Shameful displays at the United Nations are not rare, but the decision of the United States to vote with Russia and North Korea against Ukraine’s resolution on the third anniversary of the war belongs ...

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 ...

Why don’t most Americans know this? Powerful forces are arrayed against believers in Ukraine. Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, has declared a Holy War on Ukraine and the ...

"If Russia succeeds in occupying Ukraine, our church will not survive. For us, it's a matter of life and death," the patriarch said. "History teaches us that whenever Russia takes control of ...

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 ...