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

After attending a midnight Orthodox Christmas service in Moscow on Vladimir Putin asked Patriarch Kirill to bless a ...

Vladimir Putin insisted, at least publicly, that he didn’t want a cult of his personality. Not anymore. During the last three ...

In this photo released by Russian Orthodox Church Press Service, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, center, accompanied by ...

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

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

I was in a jewelry shop in Russia near the time of the Olympics looking for a gift for my wife. With the deeply embedded ...

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A community is only as rich as its citizens. We remember here a diverse honor roll of people who made our part of the world a ...

Representatives from two Orthodox churches in Aurora along with city officials and more met at the pedestrian bridge near ...

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 ...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Kirill (R ... in the Ukrainian war will be decorated with military crosses blessed by Kirill himself – and engraved on ...