RUSSIA’S top bishop has blessed nuclear bombs and says Putin’s deadly arsenal is evidence of God’s “grace and mercy”. In a ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Ukrainian parliament has banned a branch of the Orthodox church, ...

(RNS) — A critical explanation for congressional Republicans’ current resistance to providing aid to Ukraine is the belief among the GOP’s religious right influencers that Russian President Vladimir ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a keynote address on Nov. 28 at the Plenary Session of the World Russian Peoples’ Concilium, a faith-based organization led by the head of Russia's Orthodox ...

The damaged entrance of the Orthodox Christian monastery in Sviatohirsk, in eastern Ukraine, in April.yasuyoshi chiba/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Ukrainian arm of the Russian Orthodox Church ...

LONDON (Reuters) -The Russian Orthodox Church scolded Pope Francis on Wednesday for using the wrong tone after he urged Patriarch Kirill not to become the Kremlin's "altar boy", cautioning the Vatican ...

Russia's Orthodox Patriarch Blesses Nuclear Arsenal ...

A branch of Ukraine’s Orthodox church has announced that it will allow its churches to celebrate Christmas on December 25, rather than January 7, as is traditional in Orthodox congregations. The ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Russian Orthodox Church issued a warning to Pope Francis on ...

EKLUTNA, Alaska (AP) — The Russian Orthodox church on the outskirts of Alaska's biggest city is packed with treasures for the Christian faithful: religious icons gifted by Romanov czars, panels of oil ...

Before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Oleshkin served as Deputy Commander of the 200th Motorised Rifle Brigade (now called the 71st Motorised Rifle Division), with responsibility for ...