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

Putin extended Christmas greetings to the highest dignitary, and asked Kirill to consecrate crosses ... symbols of faith consecrated by you on Christmas day." Russians and some other Orthodox ...

Vladimir Putin has marked Russian Orthodox Christmas by attending church in Moscow alongside fighters in his war against ...

Some Eastern Orthodox traditions teach that ... state and what constitutes a “discrete” religious symbol like a necklace with a cross or an “ostentatious” display like a hijab.

With 5,000 public and private institutions that contain millions of historical objects, Ukraine’s museums preserve the story ...

The Orthodox rabbi is discussing the Jewish conception ... Eden was the ultimate symbol of harmony between humans, nature and God, so throughout Judaism peace is one of the core values and highest ...

Although I have deeply rooted Palestinian Christian Eastern Orthodox ... old Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, whose hand I had to kiss after he placed around my neck a gold chain ...

Every December 31, people around the world come together to ring in the New Year while waving goodbye to the old one – ...

A large crowd watched on as dozens of swimmers rushed to retrieve a wooden cross thrown by a priest into the water, in a ...

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin attended Christmas mass in Moscow on Monday evening, starting his visit at the Church of ...

In the Blessing of the Waters ceremony, swimmers dive to retrieve a floating cross, a symbolic act believed ... Day in Western Christianity. However, Orthodox Christian churches may celebrate ...