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 ...
With 5,000 public and private institutions that contain millions of historical objects, Ukraine’s museums preserve the story ...
A large crowd watched on as dozens of swimmers rushed to retrieve a wooden cross thrown by a priest into the water, in a ...
Representatives from two Orthodox churches in Aurora along with city officials and more met at the pedestrian bridge near ...
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 ...
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 ...
Russian Orthodox Church forces parishioners to pray to ‘Saint Putin’ on giant screen - video Putin decided that Russian ...
Epiphany, a public holiday in Greece, commemorates Jesus Christ's baptism and the revelation of the Holy Trinity. The ...